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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Jenny Huang has 20 years of experience as a strategic marketing consultant, a brand marketer and communicator in the hardware, software, mobile app, and telecommunications industries, serving start ups and progressive companies. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Intel, Intuit and British Telecom, where she launched and managed regional co-branded programs with PC OEM partners, their retailers and resellers; invigorated new user acquisition to drive growth, and established regional brand presence.
On todays show we talk about:
How do you see marketing and promotion for companies changing with technology?
If a company wanted to be interviewed for an article or get exposure, what are some of the best ways to go about doing it?
The process for creating and implementing a social media calendar.
With marketing and PR, what really excites you for 2021?
Connect with Jenny
Website jennyhuangmarketing.com
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennychuang/
Email jenny@jennyhuangmarketing.com
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
David Bates is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer, recommended in Legal 500, with over 20 years’ experience of advising on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions and complex commercial arrangements across a variety of sectors with a particular focus on the tech sector.Experience also includes time spent on secondment to the inhouse legal teams of major corporate clients.
We Talk About:
When a startup from the US wants to expand into Europe, what is the process?
How does a company analyze the market to decide where in Europe to setup their operations?
What types of exits are companies looking for or what is the current state of the investment environment like in Europe?
Connect with David
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbates2/
Website https://www.taylorwessing.com/en/search?term=david+bates
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Mark Brinkerhoff is the president of Fusion Design which is a full-service product development company located in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1990, they have worked with a variety of clients from small companies to fortune 100 corporations with engineering services.
Mark’s specialties include: Product Development Consulting, Turnkey Solutions, Industrial Design, Mechanical Packaging and Mechanism Design, Finite Element Analysis, Thermal Analysis
We talk about:
What are soft batteries? Elastic Wiring? Limitless Multi-touch Force?
What about 5 g technology, how is that going to play a part in wearables
What is the typical design process when you are building a product?
Find out more about Fusion Design
Website https://www.fusiondesigninc.com/
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Tim Alison is an entrepreneur who has started and scaled four businesses. At the age of 31 Tim walked away from one of the highest paying sales jobs in the country, moved to a tiny fishing village in Nova Scotia Canada, and started an educational software company. The naysayers laughed. They stopped laughing when his sales topped $10 million.Profit Whisperer for bricks and mortar businesses where I specialize in helping business owners identify opportunities for improved financial outcomes.Host and Executive Producer Of The Screw The Naysayers Podcast where I have interviewed and amplified the voices of guests from around the globe including the likes of Jack Canfield, Seth Godin, John Perkins and an eclectic mix of Thought Leaders, WSJ and NYT Best Selling Authors, CEO's,Olympians, Paralympians, Professional Athletes and other women and men who have overcome great adversity. All are seeking to change the world.
We Talk About
What are the basics that someone needs to know when looking at financials?
Price a product, what are some mistakes that people are making and what should they be doing that’s different?
How do you reverse engineer an opportunity, or look at an opportunity to see if it is worth doing or not?
Connect with Tim
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/
Website https://screwthenaysayers.com/podcast/
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Sherri Haskell
After witnessing firsthand, the innovation and eclecticism among cannabis startups Sherri launched CannaAngels LLC: an Angel Investor Consortium focused specifically on businesses within, and supportive of, the cannabis industry. With years of experience as an alternative investment leader she has a solid knowledge of how to vet companies, structure deals, raise capital, and establish trust. As cannabis transitions into the mainstream, her accomplished team is prepared to bring a unique blend of investment intelligence, technical savvy and steadfast integrity to this industry.
We Talk About
What are some of the different verticals of the cannabis industry?
What new laws or regulations are being discussed that will impact cannabis investing and the companies in the industry?
When will we see Wall Street enter the picture?
Where will the money be made in the industry? Where is the hidden value that investors should know about?
Connect with Sherri
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherrihaskell/
Canna Angels website https://cannaangelsllc.com/
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Roger King
Founder of BayAngelsBayAngels is dedicated to promoting the entrepreneurial spirit by assisting early-stage technology companies with capital, connections, and board-level advice. Examples of our portfolio companies include Pree Media, CashBet, Trpz, Sea of Change Trading Co.,
CEO of Chiefpeople20 years’ experience in recruiting at both the executive level and the individual contributor level. Interested in companies with hiring needs. Offering extremely cost-effective solutions. Clients include SoftBank Robotics, Jiff, Gracenote, OpenTable, Manage, Grid Dynamics, and Navera.
We Talk About
How has angel investing changed over the past 20 years?
Some suggestions for beginner angel investors?
What problems do startups make when pitching to investors?
Do angel groups talk to each other?
Connect with Roger
Roger@bayangels.com
Bay Angels website http://bayangels.com/ns/
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Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
055 Deep Dive into Financial Models with CEO Broadscope Consulting Brett Sharenow pt2
Trusted advisor on raising capital from VCs, PE, and Angel investors, for start-up, growth, pivot, and exit. Since 1995 he has helped companies raise more than $750 million and have facilitated exits valued at more than $6 billion. Some of Brett’s client companies: Venture and Private Equity Backed • Verio (acq. by NTT) • Viator (acq. by Trip Advisor) • Dial Page/Dial Call (acq. by Nextel) • Switch Lighting • Vistard • VirtualLan • Ethernetworks • GroWiseBeWell Academy • Puronyx • Skylights • Husk Power Systems • Yonder Private Companies • King's Hawaiian • Astrology.net (acq. by iVillage) • MagniGyro srl • MarCom International • Putnam Consulting • Strozzi Institute • Skyline International • SensoryScapes • Say it Better Center • Indy Electronics • Generative Somatics Public Companies • USWestDex • Pacific Bell • Pacific Telesis • BFGoodrich • Fujitsu • Bay Area Cellular Telephone • Olin Corporation • Pacific Bell Mobile Services
This episode we talk about:
· Once you have the model, how do you use it to forecast how much money you need to raise?
· What kind of expertise is needed to understand a financial model?
· Who can build a great financial model for start-up, raising capital, growth, and exit?
How does the Fundamentals of a Financial Model work?
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Learn more about Brett Sharenow
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Email brett@broadscope.com
Website https://www.broadscope.com/
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Brett Sharenow is a trusted advisor on raising capital from VCs, PE, and Angel investors, for start-up, growth, pivot, and exit. Since 1995 he has helped companies raise more than $750 million and have facilitated exits valued at more than $6 billion. Some of Brett’s client companies: Venture and Private Equity Backed • Verio (acq. by NTT) • Viator (acq. by Trip Advisor) • Dial Page/Dial Call (acq. by Nextel) • Switch Lighting • Vistard • VirtualLan • Ethernetworks • GroWiseBeWell Academy • Puronyx • Skylights • Husk Power Systems • Yonder Private Companies • King's Hawaiian • Astrology.net (acq. by iVillage) • MagniGyro srl • MarCom International • Putnam Consulting • Strozzi Institute • Skyline International • SensoryScapes • Say it Better Center • Indy Electronics • Generative Somatics Public Companies • USWestDex • Pacific Bell • Pacific Telesis • BFGoodrich • Fujitsu • Bay Area Cellular Telephone • Olin Corporation • Pacific Bell Mobile Services
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Guest:
Brett Sharenow on LinkedIn
Email Brett Sharenow
Website
This episode we talk about:
How does a founder/CEO know that their strategy will work?
Should a company’s strategybe influenced by a financial model?
What are the typical inputs and outputs in a financial model?
What can a good financial model do for a company?
I want to thank Shmuel Silverman who made the introduction to Brett allowing this interview to happen.
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Learn more about Brett Sharenow
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Website https://www.broadscope.com/
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Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
For the Past 30 years Bob Karr has been both an active angel investor as well as in business development founding and growing some of the most powerful networking groups in Silicon Valley. His current company, LinkSV is an online information service providing curated, detailed information about the senior team, board members, key partners, customers, angel, institutional and VC funding on companies in Silicon Valley.
This episode we talk about:
How can parents encourage their children to become entrepreneurs?
What is LinkSV?
How to create a network that leads to being able to access anyone?
What advice do you have for people on having fun in life?
I would like to thank Brett Sharenow who made the introduction allowing the interview to happen.
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Email bkarr@linksv.com
LinkSV http://www.linksv.com/
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
For the Past 30 years Bob Karr has been both an active angel investor as well as in business development founding and growing some of the most powerful networking groups in Silicon Valley. His current company, LinkSV is an online information service providing curated, detailed information about the senior team, board members, key partners, customers, angel, institutional and VC funding on companies in Silicon Valley.
This episode we talk about:
What are some of the usual questions that you ask the entrepreneur?
Practical advice for entrepreneurs to connect with Angels?
Have what angel investors looked for in startups changed over the years?
I would like to thank Brett Sharenow who made the introduction allowing the interview to happen.
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Email bkarr@linksv.com
LinkSV http://www.linksv.com/
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Loving the Opportunity to talk to some of the most interesting people on the plannet :))