Traction How I Raised My Last Round — Lessons From Starting, Pivoting and Raising $30M
In this episode, Aydin Mirzaee, CEO and Co-Founder of Fellow.app, shares his journey from founding his first startup to leading a successful meeting productivity platform. As a seasoned entrepreneur, Aydin highlights lessons he learned through building and pivoting startups and his unique strategies for scaling Fellow.app in the competitive SaaS space.
Specifically, Aydin discusses:
- Lessons learned from early failures and how these shaped his approach to future ventures.
- Strategies for building Fellow.app as a “super manager’s” tool, focusing on productivity and effective meeting management.
- How bootstrapping and navigating pivotal transitions have impacted the development of Fellow.app’s core offerings.
- The value of testing product ideas with potential customers before investing heavily in development.
- Methods for turning user feedback into actionable changes, leading to a more refined product.
- Approaches to founder-led sales and why early customer engagement is essential.
- Insights into the fundraising process, including timing, relationship-building with investors and navigating term sheet negotiations.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aydinmirzaee/
Fellow App | LinkedIn -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/appfellow/
Fellow.App | Website -
https://fellow.app
https://fellow.app/supermanagers/
“High Growth Handbook” by Elad Gil -
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=high+growth+handbook&language=en_US&adgrpid=147623364602&hvadid=648027981812&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=20822&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=124458736559167267&hvtargid=kwd-458383828502&hydadcr=21447_13447927&tag=phtxtgostdde-20&ref=pd_sl_1fazbcc4hn_e
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