Door Start Ups - Is Your Ideal Customer Profile Right for You?

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Start-ups are like door start ups in that they're opportunistic. But once you get going, it's like focus. So many start ups die because they're not focused. They're all over the place. And for that ideal customer profile, where do you fit insanely well with what they're doing? You don't really need to go top down and try to get fifty thousand seats when you're starting. You just get start ups to buy five to fifty seats. It's like brex ight. How did brex launch? Brex and comes out a wise sea and goes back to wi seeing they do a lot of stuff with us. Our value proposition fits ridiculously well...

1:00 Jason thanks all frontline workers and intros Dreamit Ventures’ Steve Barsh
3:33 How did Dreamit start, what is the goal and how is their program structured?
9:43 How often does Dreamit follow-on with their portfolio companies, how do they think about pricing, valuation & leading rounds?
15:15 Steve goes over some of Dreamit’s top portfolio companies: SeatGeek, LevelUp & Houseparty and explains how SeatGeek pivoted while going through Dreamit’s program
18:20 How early will Dreamit Ventures go? Pre-revenue? What verticals do they focus on how do they improve their program?
27:24 What is the most important thing Dreamit does for founders: advice, anointing or money?
30:07 At what point during the process does Dreamit turn on the criticism? What questions do they ask during Accelerator interviews?
42:58 How much of Dreamit’s program focuses on the fundraising process?
48:59 Lightning round: How founders should judge accelerators, nailing interviews, multiple accelerators, follow-on philosophy, bridge rounds, top firms that Dreamit works with