This week has been very productive (and it’s only Tuesday morning): First on Monday, VentureBeat published my guest column on the winning pitch at the Founder Conference. It’s worth watching the video and reading the analysis, if you ever wondered why no one calls you back after you pitch your idea. Then this morning TechCrunch [...]
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Alain Raynaud
Possibly the most popular part of the Founder Conference this year was the live pitch feedback, a workshop run by Adeo Ressi. We actually extended its allocated time by 20 minutes because it was so popular. The rules are simple: you give your best elevator pitch, in less than 1 minute, as if you were [...]
I’m posting the videos of the Founder Conference here on my blog until we revamp the Founder Conference website… By the way, if you want to be the first one to know about the next Founder Conference, there is a sign-up form on the right. Here is my favorite excerpt of the panel on getting [...]
I’m posting the videos of the Founder Conference here on my blog until we revamp the Founder Conference website… By the way, if you want to be the first one to know about the next Founder Conference, there is a sign-up form on the right. Should you join an incubator such as Y-Combinator, the Founder [...]
Whenever I chat with friends who still live in Paris, working at the same corporate job often for more than 10 years, I can’t help but wonder. Is the Silicon Valley’s startup culture, despite its crazy focus on work, actually more family-friendly? It goes like this: in Paris, you work in the office until at [...]
In the tradition of the Co-Founders MeetUp of Silicon Valley, the Founder Conference will feature 12 pitches from startups. If you need help to build your startup, you should apply. However, note that this is not the place to launch your startup to the press, or expect to raise money from venture capitalists. Other conferences [...]
I had to try a little bit of advertising for the Founder Conference on August 17, to see if I could spread the word beyond our usual partners such as Startup Weekend, VentureBeat, Startup Digest and so on. I had used both Google AdWords and Facebook Ads in the past but it was a good [...]
Steve Jobs. Guy Kawasaki. Paul Graham. They draw crowds every time they speak at a conference. When I put together the Founder Conference (August 17th in Silicon Valley, in case you haven’t heard yet), securing a line-up of great speakers was very important. I am trying to help as many aspiring entrepreneurs build the best startups possible. [...]
The Founder Conference 2010 is going to be big! (More on that later). If you want to get in for free because you are on a budget (like all founders), here’s a way: design the t-shirts for the conference, and get 2 tickets (presumably, for you and your co-founder) free. Plus you’ll earn the right [...]
My startup needed to raise $500K to expand our marketing efforts and get the word out. Raising the money was quite easy: I issued some new shares and listed them on StartupIPOs.com. It’s a marketplace for accredited investors. Startups that need funding list their offerings, and people buy their shares. The price is set by [...]
