This Much I Know - The Seedcamp Podcast

In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal continues his discussion with Taylor Wescoatt (Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp) about the Behavioural Product Roadmap model. In particular, they focus on Taylor's Vision Roadmap, which has been created to help startups action their vision in a smart and structured way using tried and tested techniques that Taylor developed throug...

We caught up with Andy to talk about his experience raising investment for Huddle, growing the business, his latest experience as an investor, and some of the lessons he'd tell his younger self. After graduating with a degree in Economics, Andy switched careers to work at a telco company where, amongst other things, he implemented a document management system. This and his experience handling docu...

We had to sit down with Sales and Partnerships guru and Seedcamp mentor, Daniel King to ask him about how to start thinking about building out a Sales organization within a startup. Daniel is also an Non-Exec Director in Seedcamp Company Profitero. Daniel is an executive leader with more than 15 years experience in Senior Management, with a focus on Digital and Online Media, Retail and eCommerce t...

In this edition of the Seedcamp Podcast Series, Carlos Espinal talks with Taylor Wescoatt (Entrepreneur in Residence at Seedcamp) about his background in Product and UX, and how it led to him developing the Behavioural Product Roadmap model which is specifically optimised for startups. They discuss Taylor's involvement with and key learnings from, CitySearch, Netscape, Seatwave, eBay, and Time Out...

Ryan founded Hootsuite in 2008. He has since been at the forefront of social business, leading the Hootsuite team while funding programs that empower the next generation of startups and entrepreneurs. We had a chance to sit down with him and hear the story of how Hootsuite started and how he's managed its growth over the years.

In 2004, Scott served as a photojournalist for Mercy Ships in Liberia, West Africa, where he learned the life-threatening effects of contaminated water. Upon moving back to his home in New York City in 2006, he founded charitywater. This is his story. We talk about how the idea came about, some of the personal challenges he went through, what gave him strength through his founder journey, and even...

Dan Hill is Product Lead at Airbnb and Former co-founder and CTO at Seedcamp Company Crashpadder (http://tcrn.ch/1L3XiPM). He blogs at http://danhilltech.com/ and tweets at https://twitter.com/serenestudios We had a chance to sit down with him and chat about his experience with Crashpadder and now at Airbnb and life lessons he's learned along the way.

We had the chance to sit down with Fred and Todd of Foley & Lardner (http://www.foley.com/) to discuss points startups should consider as part of 'flipping' to the USA or starting off as a foreign company vs. one based in the USA. A little bit more background on Fred & Todd: Fred Adam is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He advises public and private multi-nationals, investme...

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 entreprenuer 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...

We had a chance to chat with Heidi Roizen of DFJ and hear her story and what she looks for in founders as well as 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...

In this Podcast, we have a chance to sit down with Brett from the Forsyth group (http://www.forsythgroup.com/), 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.

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 (http://wizitapp.com/).

We had the chance to sit down with Top Product Hunter & European Community Manager @producthunt, Bram Kanstein to talk about his @startupstash story and role within Product Hunt. During our chat he provides us with valuable tips for any company considering listing on Product Hunt. Having launched the #2 most upvoted product of all time on Product Hunt, it comes with a lot of weight!

Sten, founder of Teleport (http://www.teleport.org), a Seedcamp & A16Z company, has created an online service to help discover and budget your next move. We had the chance to sit down and learn how his notable background (serial entreprenuer, advisor to the President of Estonia, GM @ Skype, and EIR @ A16Z) helped shape the origins of the company and how he is serving an ever increasing pool of peo...

We had the chance to sit down and chat with co-founder Rob Go of NextView Ventures while at their offices in Boston. With a background in operational product-focused roles at eBay, Fidelity and BzzAgent, and having spent some time as a VC at Spark Capital prior to starting NextView, Rob brings a wealth of different points of view to the companies he works with.

As Director of Developer Relations at Evernote, Chris plays an important role in evangelising Evernote's API as well as working to improve the tools, services, and outreach for Evernote's community of developers around the world. We had a chance to sit down with Chris and talk to him about how he's worked with companies in the past, what he has seen be successful (and not), and what he recommends...

We had a chance to sit down with Jeff, author of Mastering the VC Game to get his insights on company development and what he looks for in a founder. Jeff is a former entrepreneur (Upromise, Open Market) who joined Flybridge in 2002 and focuses on the consumer, marketing services, e-commerce, software and mobile start-up markets. On the side, he serves as a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business Scho...

Building a brand is no easy feat, in particular, a brand that generates customer passion. Richard Liu, an ex-Paypal and LinkedIn team member, decided to pursue his passion and build a brand around what he needed, and we had the chance to catch up with him and hear how he went from desk jockey to brand jockey in the process. DSPTCH is a bag, case and accessory manufacturing company based in San Fra...

While in San Francisco, we had the chance to sit down and have 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,...

As an entrepreneur of 20+ years, turned venture capitalist for the last decade+, Michael is passionate about investing to accelerate innovation and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. He is a lecturer at Harvard University, and shares lots of his amazingly relevant content on his blog: http://mjskok.com/ Carlos had the chance to sit down with Michael and ask him many questions about his...

While in NYC, we had the chance to catch up with Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst. Spencer has been a long-time friend and is one of those few VCs who has been a product manager turned VC turned founder turned VC again, so it was great to catch up with him and hear his story. From GC's website: Spencer focuses on early stage software & internet investments, with a particular interest in online ma...

We had the chance to catch up with long-time friends Andrew and James of Valar Ventures (http://www.valar.com/about) during Seedcamp's US Trip stop in NYC. Valar, a co-investor in Transferwise (http://www.transferwise.com) with us and other investors, is unique, for a US-based VC, in its mandate to "look for exceptionally talented founders who are creating beautiful products that are valuable acro...

On our very first day of Seedcamp's Spring US Trip, we had the chance to visit Lucas Nelson of Gotham Ventures. With a background in hacking and a clear interest in the more technical companies and founders, he provides a very unique view into the world of investing and adding value as an investor. During our chat his interest in helping CTOs surfaced. Through his co-creation of http://www.startup...

Gearoid O'Rourke, Growth & Design lead at Hassle.com joins Carlos to discuss the subtleties behind the different styles of design thinking, and how founders should start thinking about design early on in their company's journey. During our chat, Gearoid mentioned a couple of resources, which included: Undercover User Experience Design by Cennydd Bowles A Book Apart series - http://abookapart.com/...

While visiting our offices to record a Meerkat video, we managed to hijack Vojtech, Communications Manager at Index Ventures to sit down with Dave and Carlos to chat about his background in PR and explored how startups can leverage PR as well as a content strategy to make an impact for customers and investors.