Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 25: Heidi Roizen of DFJ

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.

During our US Trip we had a chance to chat with Heidi Roizen of DFJ to hear her story, what she looks for in founders, and how to manage key stages in a company’s life.

Heidi Roizen is the operating partner at DFJ. She has spent her life immersed in the Silicon Valley ecosystem as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, educator, and member of the boards of directors of private and public companies, trade associations and nonprofit institutions.

After receiving her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford University, Heidi co-founded T/Maker Company (an early personal computer software company) in 1983, where she served as CEO from inception through its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation in 1994. In 1996, Heidi joined Apple as vice president of worldwide developer relations. From there, Heidi entered the venture capital world, serving as a managing director of Mobius Venture Capital from 1999 to 2007.

Heidi is also a Fenwick and West Entrepreneurship Educator in the Department of Engineering at Stanford University, where she teaches the course Spirit of Entrepreneurship. Heidi is a member of the boards of directors DMGT (LSE:DMGT), ShareThis, and Technorati, and serves on the advisory boards of Springboard Enterprises and the National Center for Women in Information Technology.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 24: Bretton Putter of the Forsyth Group

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 we sat down with Bretton Putter from the Forsyth Group, an Executive Search Firm.

Covering everything from how to prepare for hiring internally to how to deal with egos, Brett shares his wealth of knowledge both from the point of view of his current role placing top candidates within top-tier firms, to his time as a founder himself.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 23: Eytan Lerba, Entrepreneur & Googler

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.

While visiting YouTube’s main offices in California, we had the chance to meet with Eytan Lerba, a Founder turned Googler (currently he’s a Manager of Strategy at YouTube) who had some very interesting stories to tell regarding his journey starting Wizit.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 22: Bram Kanstein of Product Hunt

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.

We had the chance to sit down with Top Product Hunter & European Community Manager at Product Hunt, Bram Kanstein to talk about his Startup Stash story and role within Product Hunt.

During our chat he shared valuable tips for any company considering listing on Product Hunt. Having launched the most upvoted product of all time on Product Hunt, it comes with a lot of weight!

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 21: Sten Tamkivi, Co-founder & CEO of Teleport

In the ‘Seedcamp Founder Series’ we talk with the founders of Seedcamp companies to understand their motivations, challenges and successes.

Sten, Co-founder & CEO of Teleport, a Seedcamp & A16Z company, has created an online service to help discover and budget your next move.

During our US Trip we had the chance to sit down and learn how his notable background (serial entrepreneur, advisor to the President of Estonia, GM at Skype, and EIR at A16Z) helped shape the origins of the company and how he’s serving an ever increasing pool of people around the world who are mobile because of their career.

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