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- 1. Zero to Series A Arian Radmand Co-Founder & Director of Engineering
- 2. 1 2 5 5 Arian Radmand @aradmand 3 KPIs & MARKETING UPDATE www.ArianRadmand.com 4 KPIs & MARKETING UPDATE www.CoachUp.com
- 3. Passion Find something you love
- 4. The Early Days - Infancy Do you need to raise money? Business plan or no business plan?
- 5. CoachUp In the Early Days… What we did during infancy • Market Validation: pre-sold CoachUp • Seek counsel, not advice • The Mastermind Group
- 6. Raising Capital During Infancy It’s all about baby steps • Fake it until you make it – perception matters! • Selling your idea (not metrics) • Demonstrable progress Team MassChallenge Accelerator Techstars Accelerator
- 7. Investors are herded animals … not lone wolves Know this and make them believe that the herd is leaving them behind
- 8. Adolescence: Time to get some help Learn to systemize and delegate Start going from this: To this:
- 9. CoachUp During Adolescence (Hint: we’re still here) • Investing in our team • Structuring our business to scale for the future • Great businesses structure themselves properly from day one, they don’t just magically arrive at greatness one day.
- 10. Raising Financing - Larger Seed Rounds + VC Series A If you make it to this stage, congrats! You’re no longer selling an Idea… Now, you're selling METRICS!
- 11. Resources and Action Items Tangible steps you can (and should) take right now Become active in the Boston startup community! • WebInno - http://webinnovatorsgroup.com • Venture Café - http://www.vencaf.org • Meetups (find something you’re passionate about) – http://www.meetup.com Work out of a co-working space for a month or so … and then move to a new one • Cambridge Innovation Center - http://cic.us • Workbar - http://workbar.com
- 12. Advice / Suggestions • Always favor action over inaction. Get out and do something! • Remember, ideas are WORTHLESS!!! Execution and implementation is everything! • Strive to build a BUSINESS not to merely have a JOB … there is a difference. “If you don’t do it this year, you will be one year older when you do.” -Warren Miller
- 13. Helpful Books … etc: www.ArianRadmand.com/resources