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Investor Connect – 754 – Derren Burrell of Veteran Ventures Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Derren Burrell, Founder & Managing Partner at Veteran Ventures Capital. Located in Knoxville, TN, USA, Veteran Ventures Capital (VVC) is a veteran-owned growth-equity investment fund & firm…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Availability Heuristic

Availability Heuristic Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The availability heuristic is a cognitive bias defined by as a mental shortcut that relies on immediate…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Availability Cascade

Availability Cascade Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The availability cascade is a cognitive bias defined by as a self-reinforcing cycle that explains the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Bandwagon Effect

Bandwagon Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The bandwagon effect is a cognitive bias defined by as the tendency to do (or believe) things because many other…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Anchoring

Anchoring Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Anchoring is a cognitive bias defined by as the tendency to rely too heavily, or “anchor”, on one trait or piece of…

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Investor Connect – 753 – Kurt Wilkin of HireBetter and Bee Cave Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Kurt Wilkin, CEO of HireBetter, Managing Partner of Bee Cave Capital, and Author of the book  “Who’s Your Mike?”. For over 25 years, Kurt has advised high-growth, middle-market companies….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Build a Moat

Build a Moat Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Warren Buffet once said, “I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats.” In the startup world,…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Repeatable Systems

Repeatable Systems Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Repeatable systems are a key element in growing and scaling a business. Once the business is up and running, the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Start With Why

Start With Why Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A key concept in aligning people’s motives is to start with the Why. The Why represents the motives behind people’s…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Social Proof

Social Proof Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Social proof is the idea that people look at others to see what they did and then copy their actions.   The…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Gamification

Gamification Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Gamification applies game-design techniques to applications outside of gaming. Game techniques can make the application…

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Investor Connect – 752 – Jason Jacobsohn of Propellant Ventures

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jason Jacobsohn, Founder and Managing Partner at Propellant Ventures. Located in Chicago, IL, USA, Propellant Ventures is a Seed stage venture capital fund that invests in the growth of Chicago and…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Open platform vs. closed platform

Open Platform vs. Closed Platform Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Open platform vs. closed platform is a key concept in the startup ecosystem. It defines how the…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Freemium

Freemium Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Freemium is a key business model in the startup world. It’s a pricing strategy that provides a product or service for free…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Technology Adoption Lifecycle

Technology Adoption Lifecycle Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Technology adoption lifecycle in the startup world shows how new technologies and products are adopted…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Forcing Function

Forcing Function Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Forcing function is an activity or event that forces one to take action and produce a result. Forcing function is a…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Technical Debt

Technical Debt Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Technical debt is a concept in software development that accounts for additional work to recode a program that was…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Thought Experiments for Startups

Thought Experiments for Startups Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A thought experiment is a hypothesis laid out for thinking through its consequences. Many great…

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Investor Connect – 751 – Chelsea Toler of The Keep Families Giving Foundation

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Chelsea Toler, President of The Keep Families Giving Foundation. Located in Austin, Texas, USA, The Keep Families Giving Foundation educates and cultivates the next generation of philanthropists while…

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Startup Funding Espresso – First Principles

First Principles Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. First principles are basic truths that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. Founders should…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Second-Order Thinking

Second-Order Thinking Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. First-order thinking looks at solving the immediate problem. Second-order thinking looks at the consequences of…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Probabilistic Thinking

Probabilistic Thinking Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Probabilistic thinking is making an estimate using math or logic to determine the likelihood that an outcome is…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Economies of Scale

Economies of Scale Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Economies of scale is an economic principle in which the costs of delivering a product go down as the volume goes…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Jobs To Be Done

Jobs To Be Done Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Jobs to be done is a mental model in which you look at the customer’s workflow to determine what they might need to…

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Investor Connect – 750 – Rob Matzkin of Rob Matzkin Entrepreneurship Group

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Rob Matzkin, President and CEO at Rob Matzkin Entrepreneurship Group. Located in New York, New York, USA, Rob Matzkin Entrepreneurship Group is specialized in coaching entrepreneurs to grow their…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Circle of Competence

Circle of Competence Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Circle of competence is the area in which one has a skill or expertise. Tom Watson the founder of IBM once said,…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Eisenhower Matrix

Eisenhower Matrix Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Eisenhower Matrix is a mental model for prioritizing your time and tasks. It puts the most important things…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Schlep Blindness

Schlep Blindness Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Schlep is a tedious or difficult journey. Schlep’s blindness is overlooking the obvious startup ideas as everyone is…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Power Law

Power Law Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The power law is a key mental model for venture investing.  The power law states that the majority of the returns will…

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Investor Connect – 749 – Anshuman Gwal of Brightside Partners

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Anshuman Gwal, managing partner at Brightside Partners. Located in Toronto, Ontario – Canada, Brightside Partners is an early-stage VC fund investing in startups that improve the way consumers meet…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Total Addressable Market

Total Addressable Market Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The total addressable market is the size of the market that represents the total potential revenue for a…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Flywheel Effect

Flywheel Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The flywheel concept comes from the industrial world in which a large mechanical flywheel gains momentum from small…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Agile Development

Agile Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Agile development takes an iterative approach to building software. Instead of one monolithic development, agile…

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Startup Funding Espresso – First and Last Mover Advantage

First and Last Mover Advantage Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In startup markets, there are advantages to being the first mover and advantages to being the last…

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Startup Funding Espresso — AARRR

AARRR Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AARRR stands for Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, and Revenue It’s the mental model for the customer lifecycle….

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Investor Connect – 748 – Christian Napier of Rakonto Inc.

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Christian Napier, Founder / CEO at Rakonto Inc. Located in Sandy, Utah, Rakonto Inc. provides a platform that allows organizations to harvest contextual or tacit knowledge, through simply talking….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Inversion Mental Model

Inversion Mental Model Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The inversion mental model generates new startup ideas by inverting the problem. By looking at the problem in…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Earned Secret

Earned Secret Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The earned secret mental model postulates that you should have some information that most others don’t before…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Minimum Viable Product Mental Model

Minimum Viable Product Mental Model Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The minimum viable product called MVP tests the market before building the final product. The MVP…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Market Fit Mental Model

Product Market Fit Mental Model Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product market fit is a mental model that demonstrates your product meets the market’s…

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Startup Funding Espresso – The Idea Maze

The Idea Maze Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The idea maze is a mental model for how a founder sorts through the plethora of ideas to find the right one on which to…

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Investor Connect – 747 – Justin Izzo of Dropbox DocSend

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Justin Izzo, Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox DocSend. Located in San Francisco, California, Dropbox DocSend enables companies to share business-critical documents with ease and get…

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Startup Funding Espresso – The Babe Ruth Effect

The Babe Ruth Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Babe Ruth effect mental model comes from Babe Ruth who once said: “I swing big, with everything I’ve got….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Regret Minimization

Regret Minimization Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The regret minimization mental model helps you make difficult decisions by projecting yourself into the future and…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive Innovation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The disruptive innovation mental model describes a simple innovation starting at the bottom of a market and then…

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Startup Funding Espresso – The Why Now

The Why Now Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. “The why now” mental model builds the case that now is the right time to launch and raise funding for a startup. Timing is…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Introduction to Mental Models

Introduction to Mental Models Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A mental model according to Wikipedia is “an explanation of someone’s thought process about how…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Roadmaps

Product Roadmaps Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The product roadmap is a shared resource that outlines the vision, priorities, and direction of a product over time….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Reporting

Product Reporting Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. It’s important to track the key metrics for your product. Here’s a list of numbers to capture: Customer…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Usage Metrics

Product Usage Metrics Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Metrics are a key tool in product management. In managing a product track these metrics: Customer acquisition –…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Process

Product Development Process Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are many approaches to product development. Here are some approaches companies use: Defines the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Gamification of the Product

Gamification of the Product Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In designing your product consider adding gamification to it. Here are some key elements to consider:…

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Startup Funding Espresso – User Experience Design

User Experience Design Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The user experience of the product must be designed into the product from the beginning. Here are some key…

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Investor Connect – 746 – Yao Huang of Divison One Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Yao Huang, Managing Partner at Division One Capital. Located in Seattle, Washington, Division One Capital is a fund that provides capital to minority-owned businesses so they can grow and realize…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Priorities

Product Development Priorities Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are many features to add to a product and never enough resources to do all of them. Consider…

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Startup Funding Espresso – MVP Mistakes

MVP Mistakes Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In developing a minimal viable product avoid these mistakes: Trying to create your vision fully in the MVP. The MVP will…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Features

Product Features Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The features of your product will determine your competitive position in the market.  For any market, there is a…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Adoption

Product Adoption Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product adoption raises awareness about the product and drives users to sign up for it. A strong product adoption…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Experience

Product Experience Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product experience is the customer’s engagement with the product. Consider these customer touch points in…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Research

Product Research Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Before building your minimum viable product, you’ll need to research the space. Here are some key points to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Research Best Practices

Product Research Best Practices Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In researching your product include these best practices: Always be researching when talking with…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Innovation

Product Innovation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Innovation is a part of product research and development. Product innovation provides a competitive advantage,…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Challenges

Product Development Challenges Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development in a startup brings several challenges. Here’s a list of key challenges to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Minimum Viable Product

Minimum Viable Product Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development begins with a minimum viable product. In building your MVP, set constraints with respect to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Source of Failures in Product Development

Source of Failures in Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are many challenges in product development. Here’s a list of failures points to…

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Investor Connect – 745 – Martin Tobias of Incisive Ventures

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Martin Tobias, Managing Partner at Incisive Ventures. Located in Seattle, Washington, Incisive Ventures is a $10M pre-seed fund currently seeking limited liability partners. They focus on…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Challenges in Product Development

Challenges in Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development brings many challenges to the startup. Here are some key points to watch out…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Outsourcing Product Development

Outsourcing Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Many startups outsource their product development. Here are some key points to consider before…

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Startup Funding Espresso – How to Reduce Costs in Product Development

How to Reduce Costs in Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development often runs over budget. Here are some steps to reduce costs: Start with…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Tips for Success in Product Development

Tips for Success in Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. It takes a plan and persistence to bring a product to market.  Here are some tips to make…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Using IDEO

Product Development Using IDEO Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startups can use the IDEO  method to build out their product development process. Here are the…

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Investor Connect – 744 – Michelle Seiler Tucker of Seiler Tucker, Inc. and EXIT RICH Podcast

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Michelle Seiler Tucker, Founder, and CEO of Seiler Tucker, Inc. and EXIT RICH Podcast.  Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, Seiler Tucker, Inc buys and sells businesses. They help business owners…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Team Dynamics

Product Development Team Dynamics Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development requires a team approach. Here’s a list of key points to consider: Assess the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Best Practices

Product Development Best Practices Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development is an important function in a startup. Here are some best practices to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Lean Startup Approach to Product Development

Lean Startup Approach to Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The lean startup approach seeks to discover a product and business model that works….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Plan

Product Development Plan Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Here’s a checklist for launching product development for your startup: Research the industry for trends and…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Creativity Is a Process

Creativity Is a Process Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Ideation requires creativity.  Creativity is a process no different than any other activity. Here are…

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Investor Connect – 743 – Mike Millard of Ecliptic Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Mike Millard, Operating Partner at Ecliptic Capital. Located in Austin, Texas, Ecliptic Capital is an emergent, early-stage innovation fund focused on pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Testing Your Ideas

Testing Your Ideas Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. After generating ideas for your startup, you’ll need to test those ideas. Consider these points in your…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Basics of Product Development

Basics of Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product development should follow a standard process. It starts with a strategy. That strategy should…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Where to Start Your Product Development

Where to Start Your Product Development Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. It’s important to have a product development process for your startup. Here’s a list of…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Product Development Using Stage-Gate

Product Development Using Stage-Gate Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startups can use the Stage-Gate method to build out their product development process. Here are…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Finding Your Value Proposition

Finding Your Value Proposition Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In ideating for a startup you must first start with a customer problem.  Once you find a solution…

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Startup Funding Espresso – The Vision Problem

The Vision Problem Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In turning your startup idea into a product you’ll need to avoid the vision problem. The vision problem is having…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Legal Aspects of Ideation

Legal Aspects of Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are financial and legal aspects to startup ideation. Here are some key points to consider: Test your…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Use Design Process for Ideation

Use Design Process for Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In ideation for a startup, it’s important to follow a process. Consider these process steps for your…

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Startup Funding Espresso – More Mental Models for Ideation

More Mental Models for Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are several more approaches to ideation for a startup. Consider these mental models for your…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Ideation Steps

Ideation Steps Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Ideation requires a process. There are specific steps required to reach a successful outcome. Here are the steps to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Lateral thinking is solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Lead Users in Ideation

Lead Users in Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Lead users are the early pioneers looking to solve a problem. They face problems that need to be solved in…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Brainstorming in Ideation

Brainstorming in Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Brainstorming can be an effective tool in the ideation phase of a startup. It works best when focused on the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Key Mental Models for Ideation

Key Mental Models for Ideation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are several approaches to ideation for a startup. Consider these mental models for your ideation:…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Startups Are Not Big Companies

Startups Are Not Big Companies Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Big companies are those who have found product-market fit and have encapsulated their repeatable and…

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Startup Funding Espresso – What Is Ideation for Startups?

What Is Ideation for Startups? Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Ideation is a thought process that takes conceptual ideas into implementation.   Founders…

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Startup Funding Espresso – How to Use Ideation in a Startup

How to Use Ideation in a Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Ideation is a key stage in the startup process of developing a product or service. Founders use it to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Criteria for a Good Idea

Criteria for a Good Idea Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In ideating for a new product, there will be many ideas. Up front consider all ideas and then qualify each…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Disrupt or Create

Disrupt or Create Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In ideating a new startup you can either disrupt an existing market or create a new one.   In disrupting…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Signs of a Bad Startup Idea

Signs of a Bad Startup Idea Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In reviewing startup ideas for your business here is a list of signs pointing to bad ideas: You know…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Screening Startup Ideas

Screening Startup Ideas Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In reviewing startup ideas here is a list to screen them: Are you excited about the idea or just okay with it?…

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Investor Connect – 741 – Adam Spector of AbstractOps

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Adam Spector, Co-founder, and COO of AbstractOps. Located in San Francisco, CA, AbstractOps automates all the key aspects of running a startup. This includes covering the Human Resources (HR)…

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