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Hall T Martin interviews angel and venture capital investors on how they invest and talks with CEOs who discuss their sector and what to look for. Hall T Martin also leads the Startup Funding Espresso series in which you can learn about startup funding and investing in the time it takes to have an espresso.
https://investorconnect.org/

Investor Connect Podcast Hall T Martin

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Hall T Martin interviews angel and venture capital investors on how they invest and talks with CEOs who discuss their sector and what to look for. Hall T Martin also leads the Startup Funding Espresso series in which you can learn about startup funding and investing in the time it takes to have an espresso.
https://investorconnect.org/

    Startup Funding Espresso – More MVP Mistakes

    Startup Funding Espresso – More MVP Mistakes

    MVP Mistakes Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In starting a business there comes the time to build the minimum viable product. The most common mistake is planning a grand vision for the initial product. The MVP will be much smaller than the vision. MVPs often gather customer feedback on the usefulness of the product but not the actual careabouts of the customer.  This often generates superficial feedback. There needs to be more in depth research with the customer to spec out a final product. Many try to take the MVP and with some additional work turn it into the first product. This is typically a mistake because the findings from the MVP change not only the product but also how to position and monetize it.  This requires an entire re-do of the product itself. The MVP should validate your value proposition. Your value proposition often changes after talking with numerous customers. Finally, it’s important to use the MVP to test the key assumptions behind the business. This includes the size of the market, how to execute it, and how much you can charge for it. Avoid these mistakes in your MVP process.    Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .

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    Startup Funding Espresso – Minimize the MVP

    Startup Funding Espresso – Minimize the MVP

    Minimize the MVP Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Many founders brainstorm a grand vision for their product. While vision is a must have, realize you’ll need to start small. Raising too much funding early in the business will cost the founder unnecessary dilution. In building the MVP think minimum and not maximum. Keep the team to a minimum. Focus on the core problem. Solve a piece of the problem and not the entire thing. Put a deadline on the time to build to provide boundaries to the MVP. Calculate the cost to maintain the product in addition to building it. Design it so you can add more features later such as a software interface that allows for additional features. Consider how it fits into your user’s workflow and exactly what it must do. Check with your proposed initial customers to see if they would buy what you plan to build. Building a new product is hard so it’s best to break it down into phases and steps. Consider these points for building your MVP.   Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .  

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    Investor Connect - How to Raise Funding 18

    Investor Connect - How to Raise Funding 18

    In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall T. Martin discusses the challenges of fundraising with guest Scott. Scott shares his struggles in closing deals for his startup, highlighting the common issues of finding a lead investor and facing shifting goalposts from potential investors. He explores the difficulties of meeting investor expectations regarding product development and traction.   Hall provides insights into the current fundraising landscape, emphasizing the importance of market-rate valuations, creating scarcity in deals, and showcasing a predictable customer acquisition funnel. Scott discusses his startup's valuation strategy, including a convertible safe note with a cap rate and tiered structure.   Hall offers valuable advice on refining the pitch deck by incorporating logos of potential partners, emphasizing the significance of proprietary data and the AI's speech recognition capabilities.   Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding.   Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________   For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .

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    Startup Funding Espresso – What Is Product Management

    Startup Funding Espresso – What Is Product Management

    What Is Product Management Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product management drives the development, launch, and ongoing support of the product. Here’s a list of duties and responsibilities: Research the market and customers for the proposed product. Identify the customers' key care abouts and pain points.  Size the potential market for the product.  Develop a position in the market for the product given the competition. Test the market with minimum viable products and test use cases. Drive the development of the product by building out the features in a logical order. Develop a roadmap for the life of the product. Refine the vision for the product and its role in the market. Continually review the product and refine the goals for it. Product management is a strategic function in the business.   Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .  

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    Startup Funding Espresso – Product Roadmap

    Startup Funding Espresso – Product Roadmap

    Product Roadmap Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The product roadmap lays out the vision of the product at a high level. It shows where the product is going and what must be done at each stage. It’s a visionary goal to share with potential investors and customers. In building your product roadmap consider the following: Each version of the product should have a goal.   Who is it for and why are we building it? Align the team with each version of the product which will change from one stage to the next. Include marketing for product upgrade launches based on major changes in the product.  Target new customer segments with new releases. Use the product in sales meetings with large prospective customers to help close the sale as some customers are looking to the roadmap to make a buying decision. In product development the product roadmap guides architecture decisions. It shows what requirements may be needed in the future that should be put in place at the architecture level. Features that don’t make into an upcoming version of the product can be done in a future version.  The product roadmap can be used as a competitive advantage.   Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .  

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    Startup Funding Espresso – Product Management Tools

    Startup Funding Espresso – Product Management Tools

    Product Management Tools Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product management requires many skills and tasks to complete. There are tools that help accomplish these tasks. Here’s a list of tools to consider: User tracking and analysis – there is embedded software that tracks and analyzes user behavior.  This tells you what part of the product users spend the most time on and what they don’t. Roadmap tools –these tracks features and interdependencies between features and creates roadmap slides to foster collaboration. This helps in the planning process in which multiple parties must come to agree. Customer survey tools – these are online surveys that gather customer feedback. This provides feedback for planning roadmaps. Project management tools – these tools track the project by developer and function. This helps in tracking the development of the project in the case that the product manager is also the project manager. A/B testing software – these software tools turn features on and off for specific users. This helps in running A/B tests. Heatmap tools – these tools track the user through a user session. This shows what the user saw and where they went through the product. Flowchart tools – this helps build flowcharts for mapping the customer journey. This shows what the customer must do to complete their job and how the product helps them at each step. Customer feedback and idea capture – this captures feedback from the users and prospects. This helps in developing future versions of the product. Consider these tools for your product management work.   Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at:   Check out our other podcasts here:   For Investors check out:   For Startups check out:   For eGuides check out:   For upcoming Events, check out    For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group    Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .  

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Great conversations!

Interested in VC? What better way to learn more than hearing directly from the horses mouth? Investor connect gives a platform for investors in the VC industry to very candidly introduce themselves, their backgrounds, the investment strategy of the firms they work in, and their take on current events. Hall is a great moderator and listener with an excellent voice!

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Valuable Wisdom for Angel Investors

Hall Martin does a great service to the art of angel investing by pointing to the importance of planning the exit before investing. As an angel investor for many decades I endorse Hall’s approach. He cuts right to the essential for building strong startups that give investors a fair return. Well done!

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