Founder Insight 3/1/12
TheFunded.com Open Letter
Posted by Gopal Kamath on 2012-03-01
Founder Insight is a weekly newsletter that provides global insights from the people building great startups. Each week we’ll send you an exclusive training video from inside the Founder Institute, as well as other helpful resources from startup communities around the globe. Click here to subscribe
Editor's Note: The 9th Founder Showcase in January featured on-stage interviews with some of today's most respected startup investors and technology journalists; Evelyn Rusli of The New York Times interviewing Mark Suster of GRP Partners, Ina Fried of All Things Digital interviewing Mike Maples Jr. of FLOODGATE, and Alexia Tsotsis of TechCrunch interviewing Dave McClure of 500 Startups. Be sure to check out their talks - we just posted all three videos on the FI blog here.
Also, reduced-price tickets for the Founder Showcase are available until this Sun, March 4th. Click here to get your tickets today.
- Jonathan Greechan (@jonnystartup)
Video of the Week
’How to Build Credibility for Your #Startup’ by @eugenelee- In this talk, Eugene Lee, CEO of Socialtext, discusses the foundation to creating an effective marketing strategy.
Great Discussion on TheFunded:
Recommended Resources:
The M&A Bait and Switch [VentureBeat]
Killing Your Startup by Listening to Customers [Steve Blank]
Upcoming Events:
Singapore Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: March 2, 2012: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Singapore
Description: Improve your startup ideas, and more.
Los Angeles Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: March 6, 2012: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Culver City, California
Description: Improve your startup ideas, and more.
Paris Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location:March 6, 2012: 6:00 PM-8:30 PM: Paris, France
Description: Improve your startup ideas, and more. It's free, and Bruno Levy and Pierre Beyssac will speak.
Budapest Pitch Bootcamp
Date/Location:March 8, 2012: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Budapest, Hungary
Description: In just three hours the Founder Institute will help you improve your startup ideas, improve your pitching skills, and recruit potential cofounders. Best of all it's free, and many local CEOs will be in attendance - including Salim Ismail and Balázs Vinnai.
Lisbon Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location:March 15, 2012: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Lisbon, Portugal
Description: Improve your startup ideas, and more. It's free, and Francisco de Almeida and Jose Luis Pinto Basto will speak.
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