Nice to hear that. We hope so.
31 karma · joined July 30, 2014
We're only a few months into this space.
this post might be helpful too: http://blog.drift.com/automated-lead-intelligence
It's all about growth -- growing a business, growing a movement, growing an idea, etc.
Upcoming guests include the founders of Tough Mudder, Indiegogo, Blue Apron, Ministry of Supply, Tom Tunguz, the CMO of Slack, the head of growth at Airbnb and more.
She's been investing in tech companies for 20+ years as a VC, angel and tech banker in Boston and Palo Alto. She hates the term "angel" because it doesn't imply that these folks should be returns-oriented.
What do you think? Is this a mis-leading term? Does it imply a gift?
As a journalism major at Boston University, Jonathan taught himself how to code to help pay his way through college and eventually landed at HubSpot, where he led front-end development on their Social Inbox tool. He was able to get 20 people to put down their credit card before a product was even developed and since January 2014, over 100,000 users have been onboarded with Appcues.
They got their first 500 users without spending a dime and he shares his tips/tricks here.
Should you? Or should you raise money? What about if you are a consumer company that needs to spend to acquire?
6 figures in legal fees before launch I guess :)
Discussing:
-Why they made the decision to switch to a Freemium pricing model His learnings from fundraising for the first time (Codeship raised $2.6M in February) -What his biggest mistake was in the early days of Codeship -Running a company with teams in two different countries (offices in Boston & Vienna) -The challenges (and fun part) about building a product for developers