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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 4: Alex Trewby of Divide

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

In this episode of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos & Dave chat with Alex Trewby of Divide (now Google). They discuss:

  • how to grow a company
  • tackling M&A
  • how to build an enterprise sales strategy
  • selling into large organisations

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 3: The Moo.com Growth Story with Richard Moross, Founder and CEO

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The ‘Take On:’ series sees the Seedcamp Partners, Reshma and Carlos explore various topics throughout the world of Startups and Early-stage Investment. During each episode they’ll speak with members of the Seedcamp family to hear their views; including the Seedcamp team, our Investors, Mentors, and Startups.

For the third podcast in this series, Reshma and Carlos tackle some of the questions that many founders would love to ask success-story Moo‘s founder, Richard Moross. They discuss:

  • why Richard founded his company
  • what drives innovation within Moo
  • how to hire good people
  • how to find good investors (see our second podcast for more info)
  • the worst investor rejection Richard received
  • how an overhead-heavy startup can manage its costs
  • how to know when you’re not a startup anymore…

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 2: Evaluating Interested & Existing Investors in Your Startup

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The ‘Take On:’ series sees the Seedcamp Partners, Reshma and Carlos explore various topics throughout the world of Startups and Early-stage Investment. During each episode they’ll speak with members of the Seedcamp family to hear their views; including the Seedcamp team, our Investors, Mentors, and Startups.

For the second podcast in this series, Reshma and Carlos look at what investors look for in other investors to syndicate with, but also what founders should look for in investors, when actively fundraising. They discuss:

  • why choosing your investors is like choosing a family
  • what an amazing investor looks like
  • what type of investor might be most suitable for your startup
  • why the size of your investor’s fund is worth considering
  • the pros and cons of working with specialist vs generalist skill-set investors
  • why an investor’s deal experience is important
  • how to tell if an investor might not be suitable for your startup

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For more information on what to look for in an investor, read our blog post that goes into more detail.

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When Brands Differentiate – A View on Bags, Bag Brands, and Brand Differentiation

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One of the topics I enjoy researching is brand differentiation. It’s amazing to see how much creativity is put into helping brands stand out amongst their competitors. In order to illustrate the point, the podcast below explores the differences between messenger bags and the rest of the industry, and how four brands have managed to carve out a name for themselves amidst tons of international competition.

One point I’d like to add is that the purpose of this podcast is merely to illustrate how the companies have differentiated between themselves amidst of sea of competitors, and highlighting how they’ve implemented this differentiation across the company and branding.

This podcast highlights the need for differentiation if you want to enter a crowded and established market.

The companies I talk about during the podcast are:
missionworkshop.com/about/
info.rickshawbags.com/the-rickshaw-story
www.timbuk2.com/content/about-people.html
www.chromeindustries.com/us/en/manifesto

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 1: What We Look For In Founders

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Exciting news. We’re podcasting!

Join us as we explore various topics throughout the world of Startups and Early-stage Investment.

During each episode we’ll speak with members of the Seedcamp family to hear their views; including the Seedcamp team, our Investors, Mentors, and Startups.

We begin with our ‘Take On’ series. In this first episode, Seedcamp Partners Reshma & Carlos discuss the qualities we look for in startup Founders.

  • how important is it to be a good relationship builder?
  • do jerks make good startup founders?
  • does having a positive outlook create more opportunity?
  • is integrity important?
  • will founders who are able to inspire others build a stronger team?

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