A Slew of New Podcasts

I’ve been a bit delinquent on updating my blog with all the new podcasts we’ve shared recently on http://podcast.seecamp.com

However, below is the list for your convenience. We’ve discussed hardware startups with Marc from Winnow, PR with Bryce from Albion Drive, Entrepreneurship and investing with Suranga from Balderton, Growth Hacking with Malcolm Bell from Mailcloud, investing in the Asian markets with Tytus from Fresco and Bay from Brinc, how top tier firms Index Ventures and Greylock Ventures invest with Neil Rimer and Josh Elman respectively, Reshma and I talk about what an Acceleration fund is, Taylor wraps up his Product Roadmap series, and lastly, had the honor of sitting down with John Collison, co-founder of Stripe!

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 16: Sonny Vu, Founder of Misfit

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 in San Francisco, we had the chance to sit down for a quick chat with Sonny and explore the origins of Misfit, his relationships with John Sculley and Noam Chomsky, and his vision for changing people’s lives through amazing products.

More on Sonny: Founder of Misfit, makers of award-winning wearable and smart home products, including Shine and Flash, elegant activity and sleep monitors, and Bolt, a smart color-changing bulb. Founder of AgaMatrix, makers of the world’s first iPhone-connected hardware medical device, and 15+ other FDA-cleared products. Previously: Microsoft Research machine learning / linguistic tech, UIUC math BS, MIT linguistics PhD work w/ Noam Chomsky. Knows some interesting languages and is a patron of good design. Longing to make 10x solutions for big problems and building a company that matters.

Note: A fan was on in the room (the room was really hot) and was creating some background noise until about 5 minutes into the podcast.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 8: The Opinion Team and the Future of Podcasts

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

Podcasting is increasingly becoming the future of spoken media, with more and more people getting into the medium through the ease of recording through mobile devices. In this episode of the Seedcamp Founder Series, Carlos and Tom speak to Tor Rauden and Håkan Waara, founders of Seedcamp company Opinion, to walk us through what they think of Podcasting and its future. They discuss:

  • How Tor and Håkan began working on Opinion
  • Why now is the perfect time to get podcasting
  • How podcasting has evolved in the last decade
  • How podcasting fits in amongst other broadcasting channels
  • What it’s going to take for podcasts to go mainstream
  • The future of podcast discovery
  • How podcasts can give brands a voice and develop relationships with their listeners
  • How Opinion is the simplest way to start podcasting

We use Opinion to record all our Seedcamp podcasts. To join the fast-growing community of Opinion-ers, download the app.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 4: Alex Trewby of Divide

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

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 InvestorsMentors, 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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