#9: 12 Startup Tips from Casper's Philip Krim, the Mattress King of Brooklyn
Do you ever wonder what keeps the founder of Casper (https://casper.com/) awake at night? How they came to dominate podcast advertising? And how much ...
Collective Wisdom For Tech Startups
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Founder Collective is a seed-stage VC fund that has invested in companies like Uber, Buzzfeed, MakerBot, HotelTonight, SeatGeek, and PillPack. Collective Wisdom is a podcast designed to highlight the unique attributes that make exceptional companies, well, exceptional. Each episode will provide strategies and tactics you can apply to your startup or job.
#8 Clip: How to Position Yourself To Get Lucky
Luck is an important part of any startup, but Match.com's CEO talks about how it shaped his career. He sold his first company for $30M before graduati...
#8 Clip: How Tinder Changed The Dating Game
Tinder has changed the way people date, but Match's CEO Sam Yagan (https://twitter.com/samyagan) explains what makes the site work—and it's more than ...
#8 Clip: How Public Relations Changes Over the Life of a Startup
In the early days of a startup, almost all press is good press. As you mature as a company, it becomes a more complex calculation. Follow Founder Coll...
Clip 8: The Best Advice You'll Ever Get on Fundraising and Design
99% of founders would be well served by making sure their fundraising strategy dovetails with the prices their natural acquirers would pay. Basically,...
#8 Clip: Why a Series B and an IPO Aren't That Different
Good news Series B startups, the difference between your last deck and an IPO isn't that different! Just keep up the good work! Follow Founder Collect...
#8 Clip: The Birth Of The OkCupid Blog
In the early days of OKCupid, co-founder Sam Yagan tried to get reporters to write about his company. When they balked, he cut out the middleman, and ...
#8 Clip: Four Pieces of M&A Advice for Startup Founders
+ Think big: Large companies don't want to buy small companies, unless you have some critical tech, or key people. If you want to get acquired, you ne...
#8 Clip: Your Board Is Your Boss
An important thing for founders to remember when they take investment, and add people to their board, is that they're in effect hiring their own boss....
#8 Clip: If You Have Distributed Offices, Invest Heavily in Video
Match.com CEO Sam Yagan manages workers in offices in Dallas, Vancouver, and Paris—the secret? Video. High quality video, along with a fair amount of ...