Startup Funding Espresso — Authority Bias
Authority Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Authority bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority…
Startup Funding Espresso — Optimism Bias
Optimism Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The optimism bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to be over-optimistic, overestimating favorable and pleasing…
Investor Connect – 768 – Ethan Rigel of Gore Range Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Ethan Rigel, Founder, and Managing Partner at Gore Range Capital. Located in New York City, New York, USA, Gore Range Capital is focused on investments in early-stage skin health businesses. Their…
Startup Funding Espresso — Ostrich Effect
Ostrich Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The ostrich effect is defined by Wikipedia as ignoring an obvious negative situation. It’s common among founders to…
Startup Funding Espresso — Planning Fallacy
Planning Fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The planning fallacy is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to underestimate task completion times. Projects take…
Startup Funding Espresso – Pro-Innovation Bias
Pro-Innovation Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The pro-innovation bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to have an excessive optimism towards an invention…
Startup Funding Espresso — Projection Bias
Projection Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The projection bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate how much our future selves share one’s…
Startup Funding Espresso — Omission Bias
Omission Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The omission bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to judge harmful actions (commissions) as worse, or less…
Investor Connect – 767 – Sarah Jennings of Beyond Capital Funds
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Sarah Jennings, Director of Beyond Angels, and Co-Founder at Beyond Capital Funds. Located in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, The Beyond Capital Funds invests alongside established VCs targeting…
Startup Funding Espresso — Normalcy Bias
Normalcy Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The normalcy bias is defined by Wikipedia as the refusal to plan for, or react to, a disaster that has never happened…
Startup Funding Espresso — Money Illusion
Money Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The money illusion effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to concentrate on the face value of money rather than…
Startup Funding Espresso – Illusory Truth Effect
Illusory Truth Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The illusory truth effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to believe that a statement is true if it is…
Startup Funding Espresso — Singularity Effect
Singularity Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The singularity effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to behave more compassionately to a single…
Investor Connect – 766 – David Hurwitt of Troove
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes David Hurwitt, CEO & Founder at Troove. Located in Burlington, Vermont, USA, Troove is the first technology to harness the power of alumni and current student experience to help potential students…
Startup Funding Espresso — Reactive Devaluation
Reactive Devaluation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Reactive devaluation is defined by Wikipedia as devaluing proposals only because they purportedly…
Startup Funding Espresso — Product Segmentation
Product Segmentation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product segmentation creates different versions of the product for different users. Novice users may get a…
Startup Funding Espresso — Illusion of Control
Illusion of Control Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The illusion of control phenomenon is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate one’s degree of…
Startup Funding Espresso — Hindsight Bias
Hindsight Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The hindsight bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to see past events as being predictable at the time those…
Startup Funding Espresso – Benefits of a Platform-Based Approach
Benefits of a Platform-Based Approach Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A platform-based approach to your business brings many benefits Platforms make it easier…
Investor Connect – 765 – Pedro Sorrentino of Atman Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Pedro Sorrentino, Founder & Managing Partner at Atman Capital. Located in San Francisco, Miami, and NYC, Atman Capital is an early-stage startup, investing in technology and technology-enabled…
Startup Funding Espresso – Applying AI to Current Products
Applying AI to Current Product Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI can be applied to your current products. Here are some benefits of integrating AI with your product…
Startup Funding Espresso – How To Use Data With AI
How To Use Data With AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Data is a key component of Artificial Intelligence systems. AI looks for patterns in the data and draws…
Startup Funding Espresso – The Use of Data and Algorithms in AI
The Use of Data and Algorithms in AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Artificial intelligence utilizes data and algorithms to create technical solutions. Data and…
Startup Funding Espresso – Why Add AI to Your Business
Why Add AI to Your Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many advantages to your business. Here’s a list of benefits to consider for your company:…
Investor Connect – 764 – Dr. Harvey Castro author of the book ChatGPT and Healthcare
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Dr. Harvey Castro, author of the book ChatGPT and Healthcare. Written by a highly experienced healthcare professional and medical correspondent, this book presents a compelling case for using ChatGPT…
Startup Funding Espresso — Types of AI
Types of AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are many types of Artificial Intelligence. Here’s a list of the types: Narrow AI — focuses on a single task or…
Startup Funding Espresso — Issues in adding AI
Issues in adding AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In adding AI to your business consider these best practices: Create a list of potential applications and order…
Startup Funding Espresso – Business Benefits of AI
Business Benefits of AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many benefits to a business. Here’s a list of key benefits that can help your business. Improve…
Startup Funding Espresso – How AI Can Be Used in a Business
How AI Can Be Used in a Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI can enhance the operations of a business. Here are some steps to implement AI in your startup:…
Startup Funding Espresso – AI Art Generators
AI Art Generators Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings new capabilities for generating art. There are many tools now available to create art of all styles,…
Investor Connect – 763 – Salvatore Buscemi of HRN, LLC
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Salvatore Buscemi, CEO and Co-Founding Partner at Harlem River Navy (“HRN”). Located in Las Vegas, NV, USA, HRN is a referral-only private investment platform that makes principal investments…
Startup Funding Espresso – AI in Gaming
AI in Gaming Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many new capabilities and enhancements to gaming. Here’s a list of how AI improves gaming: Image improvement…
Startup Funding Espresso – Generative AI Use Cases
Generative AI Use Cases Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Generative AI even in its earliest stage provides meaningful use cases. Here’s a list of use cases it can…
Startup Funding Espresso — Generative AI
Generative AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Artificial intelligence has been around for over fifty years. Through the use of large language models and machine…
Startup Funding Espresso – Curse of Knowledge
Curse of Knowledge Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Curse of knowledge is defined by Wikipedia as when better-informed people find it extremely difficult to think…
Investor Connect – 762 – James Frinzi of Multiband Global
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes James Frinzi, CEO at Multiband Global. Located in Austin, Texas, USA, Multiband Global offers a solution for the complete IT and Network Lifecycle from deployment to decommissioning. They are backed…
Startup Funding Espresso — Default Effect
Default Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Default effect is defined by Wikipedia as when given a choice between several options, the tendency to favor the…
Startup Funding Espresso — Expectation Bias
Expectation Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The expectation bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for experimenters to believe, certify, and publish data…
Startup Funding Espresso – Fading Affect Bias
Fading Affect Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The fading affect bias is defined by Wikipedia as a bias in which the emotion associated with unpleasant memories…
Startup Funding Espresso — Framing Effect Bias
Framing Effect Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The framing effect bias is defined by Wikipedia as drawing different conclusions from the same information,…
Startup Funding Espresso — Ambiguity Effect
Ambiguity Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The ambiguity effect is a bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to avoid options for which the probability of a…
Investor Connect – 761 – Yaniv Sneor of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Yaniv Sneor, Founder of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA). Mid Atlantic Bio Angels is a NY-based life science angel investment group that was formed in 2012 with the goal of bringing together the…
Startup Funding Espresso — Attribute Substitution
Attribute Substitution Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The attribute substitution is a bias defined by Wikipedia that occurs when an individual has to make a judgment…
Startup Funding Espresso — Backfire Effect
Backfire Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The backfire effect is a bias defined by Wikipedia as the reaction to disconfirming evidence by strengthening one’s…
Startup Funding Espresso — Belief Bias
Belief Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The belief bias is a bias defined by Wikipedia as an effect where someone’s evaluation of the logical strength of an…
Startup Funding Espresso — Ben Franklin Effect
Ben Franklin Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Ben Franklin effect is defined by Wikipedia as a person who has performed a favor for someone is more likely…
Startup Funding Espresso – Shared Information Bias
Shared Information Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The shared information bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for group members to…
Investor Connect – 760 – Hayden Blackburn of TechFW & Cowtown Angels
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Hayden Blackburn, executive director of TechFW and director of Cowtown Angels. Based in Fort Worth, TX, Cowtown Angels is an angel network that connects entrepreneurs seeking early-stage funding with…
Startup Funding Espresso – Picture Superiority Effect
Picture Superiority Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The picture superiority effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby the notion that concepts that…
Startup Funding Espresso — Modality Effect
Modality Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The modality effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby memory recall is higher for the last items of a list…
Startup Funding Espresso – Levels of Processing Effect
Levels of Processing Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The level of processing effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby different methods of encoding…
Startup Funding Espresso – Lag Effect
Lag Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The lag effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby learning is greater when studying is spread out over time, as…
Investor Connect – 759 – Archie Cheishvili of GenesisAI
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Archil Cheishvili, CEO, President & Director at GenesisAI. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, GenesisAI is a Machine Learning protocol. On top of this protocol, they are building a marketplace…
Startup Funding Espresso — Semmelweis Reflex
Semmelweis Reflex Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Semmelweis reflex is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to reject new evidence that contradicts a…
Startup Funding Espresso — Stereotyping
Stereotyping Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Stereotyping is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as expecting a member of a group to have certain characteristics…
Startup Funding Espresso — Halo Effect
Halo Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The halo effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for a person’s positive or negative traits to…
Startup Funding Espresso — Ingroup Bias
Ingroup Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Ingroup bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to give preferential treatment to…
Startup Funding Espresso – Self-Serving Bias
Self-Serving Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The self-serving bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to claim more responsibility for…
Startup Funding Espresso — Selective Perception
Selective Perception Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Selective perception is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for expectations to affect…
Investor Connect – 758 – Kristina Chapple of 11 Tribes VC
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Kristina Chapple, Director at 11 Tribes Ventures. Located in Chicago, IL, USA, 11 Tribes Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that proactively invests in the well-being of entrepreneurs. The fund…
Startup Funding Espresso – Present Bias
Present Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Present bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency of people to give stronger weight to payoffs that…
Startup Funding Espresso – Outcome Bias
Outcome Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Outcome bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to judge a decision by its eventual outcome instead…
Startup Funding Espresso – Not Invented Here
Not Invented Here Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Not invented here is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the aversion to contact with or use of products,…
Startup Funding Espresso – Neglect of Probability
Neglect of Probability Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Neglect of probability is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to completely disregard…
Startup Funding Espresso – Law of the Instrument
Law of the Instrument Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Law of the instrument is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the over-reliance on a familiar tool or…
Investor Connect – 757 – Brett Calhoun of Scale VC
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brett Calhoun, Managing Director and Partner at Scale VC. Located in Columbia, Missouri, USA, Scale VC is an accelerator fund and venture studio investing monetary and social capital in early-stage…
Startup Funding Espresso — Loss Aversion
Loss Aversion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Loss aversion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the disutility of giving up an object is greater than the…
Startup Funding Espresso — IKEA effect
IKEA effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The IKEA effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to place a disproportionately high…
Startup Funding Espresso — Groupthink
Groupthink Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Groupthink is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in…
Startup Funding Espresso – Mere Exposure Effect
Mere Exposure Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Mere exposure effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to express undue liking for things…
Startup Funding Espresso — Gambler’s fallacy
Gambler’s fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The gambler’s fallacy is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to think that future…
Investor Connect – 756 – Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Christian Kameir, Managing Partner at Sustany Capital. Located in Newport Beach, CA/USA, Sustany Capital is a deeply thesis-driven investment firm, applying a first principles approach and scientific…
Startup Funding Espresso – Frequency Illusion
Frequency Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Frequency illusion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the illusion in which a word, a name, or other…
Startup Funding Espresso – Dunning-Kruger Effect
Dunning-Kruger Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for unskilled…
Startup Funding Espresso – Disposition Effect
Disposition Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Disposition effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to sell an asset that has…
Startup Funding Espresso – Decoy Effect
Decoy Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Decoy effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as a situation in which preferences for either option A or B…
Startup Funding Espresso – Continued Influence Effect
Continued Influence Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Some investors will hold onto their preconceived notions even when presented with corrected information….
Investor Connect – 755 – Alicia Cramer of AC Intl LLC and host of The Mind of Business Success Podcast
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Alicia Cramer, host of The Mind of Business Success Podcast and Business Mindset Mentor at AC Intl LLC. Located in Tucson, Arizona, USA, AC Intl LLC helps business owners retrain their minds to…
Startup Funding Espresso – Courtesy Bias
Courtesy Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Courtesy bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to give an opinion that is more socially correct…
Startup Funding Espresso – Base Rate Fallacy
Base Rate Fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The base rate fallacy is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to ignore base rate information…
Startup Funding Espresso – Clustering Illusion
Clustering Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Clustering illusion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate the importance of…
Startup Funding Espresso – Bias Blind Spot
Bias Blind Spot Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The bias blind spot is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to see oneself as less biased than other…
Startup Funding Espresso – Confirmation Bias
Confirmation Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Confirmation bias is a cognitive bias defined by as the tendency to search for, interpret, focus on and remember…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
