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Blog me up!
9. May 2008
Andra Tori, CTO
Overview
What do we do?
How we started?
Seedcamp and move to London
Securing of VC funding
Where we are going?
Fast forward
Seedcamp
Looking for the teams and ideas with potential to make it big
Why not?
The roller coaster started.
Roller coaster
12. AugustDeadline20. AugustShortlist23. AugustPhone interview24. AugustResults
3. SeptemberLondon start7. SeptemberLondon end16. September London
The week
Make an impression, inspire
Amazing mentors
1:1 sessions
LinkedIn explosion
Move to London
Assembling the team in a week
Securing the housing
Deciding that 50K will be gone in 3 months
Three goals
Technology in English
Get as many contacts as possible
Secure next round of investment
Seedcamp
London 3 months
Sleeping, eating, coding, networking
Going to every meeting possible
Best team-building money can't buy
Lessons
Prototype or first deployment are a must
Idea is second to the team
Chemistry is the most important factor
Listen to advice, but you don't always have to follow it
Lessons #2
Be flexible, change the CEO if needed
Absolute dedication
It's mission impossible for sole founders
Are you feeling lucky?
Present
We got 1.1 mln EUR investment
Enough to prove that our product has value and can be monetized
Firefox plug-in, IE coming
Evaluating business models
Investors
January
Lessons #3
Ask your investor: who do you know, where are those people, are they from your market?
For web hi-tech it is hard to ignore Bay area
Be part of the scene
Advice?
Clear goals
Do whatever you feel needs to be done
Go to London, on your own money!
OpenCoffee, Second chance Tuesday, Minibar, Barcamps...
Future?
The final question?
To blog or not blog?
Two blogs or not two blogs?
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9. Maj 2008
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