39 min
Taking Your StartUp From Idea to Investor Ready - Blaine Graboyes, Founder, Investor, Artist, Inventor Ideas Last
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- Entrepreneurship
Blaine Graboyes (Goldman) is a successful startup founder, early-stage investor, and advisor as well as an artist and inventor with more than 25 years of experience in the technology, media, and gaming industries. Since the early 1990s, Graboyes has produced over 4,000 projects for world-renowned entertainment, business, and fine arts clients such as Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, DreamWorks, Mattel, Sony, Disney, Nickelodeon, DIRECTV, Warner Bros., and The Guggenheim and Whitney Museums. Blaine holds multiple patents for his innovations and inventions primarily focused on skill-based games and video game gambling. In addition to his professional work, Blaine is a mixed media artist and a dedicated supporter of the arts.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EPISODE
01:08 Blaine’s background in business and entrepreneurship
08:16 The most recent venture projects undertaken
15:11 Lessons learnt along the way
22:05 The importance of financial models
26:25 Balancing emotions while growing your business
28:55 Challenge your creative brain
GOLDEN NUGGET FROM TODAY’S SHOW
Blaine says, “Whether or not an idea will work is always based on a set of assumptions. A key factor for building trust is to provide research from credible sources to validate your assumption."
CONNECT WITH BLAINE
Blaine Global - https://blaineglobal.com
Connect with Baline on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaineglobal/
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE
Danielle’s Website - https://www.daniellegillespie.net/
Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellegillespie/
Email Danielle - dg@daniellegillespie.net
Medium: https://medium.com/@dgillespie_irl
Send A Text: +1 (412) 207-3851
Connect with Danielle to learn more about how the Ideas Last methodology can help you turn your product into a successful business venture, regardless of product stage: paper napkin, beta, V1, or established product already released into the wild.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEAS LAST PODCAST
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ideas-last/id1579391101
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Fj8K2kEIm8RWNfYzgZs4L
If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to tune in, subscribe, and share this podcast!
ABOUT THE IDEAS LAST PODCAST
It has long been said that ideas are everything, especially in the startup world. But what if having a laser focus on your idea can actually hold your business back? In the Ideas Last podcast, Danielle Gillespie interviews startup founders, whose success came from obsessively, focusing on execution instead of ideation. Each episode dissects what it actually takes to build a long-lasting profitable startup, rather than simply launching - by putting your idea, last.
Read more about the Ideas Last story - https://medium.com/@dgillespie_irl/ideas-last-a-new-way-to-startup-b94a585e35f5
#IdeasLast #DanielleGillespie #StartUpCoach #BusinessConsultant #BlaineGraboyes
Blaine Graboyes (Goldman) is a successful startup founder, early-stage investor, and advisor as well as an artist and inventor with more than 25 years of experience in the technology, media, and gaming industries. Since the early 1990s, Graboyes has produced over 4,000 projects for world-renowned entertainment, business, and fine arts clients such as Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, DreamWorks, Mattel, Sony, Disney, Nickelodeon, DIRECTV, Warner Bros., and The Guggenheim and Whitney Museums. Blaine holds multiple patents for his innovations and inventions primarily focused on skill-based games and video game gambling. In addition to his professional work, Blaine is a mixed media artist and a dedicated supporter of the arts.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EPISODE
01:08 Blaine’s background in business and entrepreneurship
08:16 The most recent venture projects undertaken
15:11 Lessons learnt along the way
22:05 The importance of financial models
26:25 Balancing emotions while growing your business
28:55 Challenge your creative brain
GOLDEN NUGGET FROM TODAY’S SHOW
Blaine says, “Whether or not an idea will work is always based on a set of assumptions. A key factor for building trust is to provide research from credible sources to validate your assumption."
CONNECT WITH BLAINE
Blaine Global - https://blaineglobal.com
Connect with Baline on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaineglobal/
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE
Danielle’s Website - https://www.daniellegillespie.net/
Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellegillespie/
Email Danielle - dg@daniellegillespie.net
Medium: https://medium.com/@dgillespie_irl
Send A Text: +1 (412) 207-3851
Connect with Danielle to learn more about how the Ideas Last methodology can help you turn your product into a successful business venture, regardless of product stage: paper napkin, beta, V1, or established product already released into the wild.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEAS LAST PODCAST
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ideas-last/id1579391101
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Fj8K2kEIm8RWNfYzgZs4L
If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to tune in, subscribe, and share this podcast!
ABOUT THE IDEAS LAST PODCAST
It has long been said that ideas are everything, especially in the startup world. But what if having a laser focus on your idea can actually hold your business back? In the Ideas Last podcast, Danielle Gillespie interviews startup founders, whose success came from obsessively, focusing on execution instead of ideation. Each episode dissects what it actually takes to build a long-lasting profitable startup, rather than simply launching - by putting your idea, last.
Read more about the Ideas Last story - https://medium.com/@dgillespie_irl/ideas-last-a-new-way-to-startup-b94a585e35f5
#IdeasLast #DanielleGillespie #StartUpCoach #BusinessConsultant #BlaineGraboyes
39 min