

Oana Manolache, Founder - Introvoke: Live-Streaming Remade
Feb 5, 2020
52:38
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Creating new ways to experience startup events has led Oana Manolache to found Introvoke, a streaming service tailored to this growing space. Relying on her work at HP, Oana is getting strong traction from organic growth. A great interview with a compelling immigrant founder.
Highlights include:
- Oana Manolache Bio & Introvoke
- Introvoke
- “…we take engagement a step further. So, we have an open chat where people from all over the world start conversations”.
- Founding Story of Introvoke
- Introvoke’s Traction
- 5000 Users through Viral Marketing – No Marketing Spend
- Sal Talks about Savran Technologies and Its Remarkable Ability to Capture Extremely Rare Cells
- How Introvoke Plans to Compete
- “…87% of consumers prefer to watch a live stream of a brand rather than to read a blog…”
- Introvoke Aims to Make Virtual Memberships Appealing
- “Our viewers stay engaged for at least 80% of the video…”
- Introvoke Just Stated Monetizing its Business with a Tiered Subscription Model
- Oana Manolache Wants to Make Introvoke the Norm for Startup Events
- How Oana’s Family Life in Romania Contributed to Her Entrepreneurship
- Raising Money Should Note Be an Automatic Reaction If You Are Planning to Start a Company
- “I strongly believe that you don't have to be a social impact company to actually have social impact.”
- Sal on the Social Value of Entrepreneurship
- Social Impact of Angel Invest Boston: Three Founders Inspired to Start Their Companies by Listening
- Finding Your Calling
- “I realized that I am supposed to be in technology, and I've always been supposed to be in technology.”
- “…we do want to, of course, follow certain norms in live streaming because people are used to certain things. But we also want to disrupt some others, so to build something new.”
- “And that makes you wake up in the morning, and those hard days when you're not sure if you're doing the right thing. So, passion strives.”