Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 26: Will Bunker of Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate

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 Will Bunker during this year’s Collision Conference in Las Vegas. Apologies for the noisy background, but conference areas are not particularly great!

An accomplished entrepreneur and investor, Will Bunker co-founded One-and-Only.com in late 1995. He and his partners grew the company into the largest online dating site and eventually sold the firm to TicketMaster-City Search for $45 million in June of 1999. Soon after, the company was rebranded as Match.com.

Mr. Bunker has a passion for working with early stage entrepreneurs, helping their firms grow and working towards an exit with the highest possible valuation. A long time resident of the Silicon Valley, where he lives with his wife and two teenage children, Will serves on the screening committee of the Band of Angels, the oldest funding organisation in the Valley. He also serves as a member of the Silicon Valley Founders Institute.

The Founders Institute is a global launch network that helps entrepreneurs create meaningful and enduring technology companies.

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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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