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Collective Wisdom For Tech Startups

Collective Wisdom

Founder Collective is a seed-stage VC fund that has invested in companies like Uber, Buzzfeed, MakerBot, HotelTonight, SeatGeek, and PillPack. Collective Wisdom is a podcast designed to high...

Episodes

11 episodes

#9: 12 Startup Tips from Casper's Philip Krim, the Mattress King of Brooklyn

Do you ever wonder what keeps the founder of Casper (https://casper.com/) awake at night? How they came to dominate podcast advertising? And...

00:18:02Mar 14, 2016

#8 Clip: How to Position Yourself To Get Lucky

Luck is an important part of any startup, but Match.com's CEO talks about how it shaped his career. He sold his first company for $30M befor...

00:01:31Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: How Tinder Changed The Dating Game

Tinder has changed the way people date, but Match's CEO Sam Yagan (https://twitter.com/samyagan) explains what makes the site work—and it's...

00:02:48Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: How Public Relations Changes Over the Life of a Startup

In the early days of a startup, almost all press is good press. As you mature as a company, it becomes a more complex calculation. Follow Fo...

00:01:24Nov 29, 2015

Clip 8: The Best Advice You'll Ever Get on Fundraising and Design

99% of founders would be well served by making sure their fundraising strategy dovetails with the prices their natural acquirers would pay....

00:01:21Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: Why a Series B and an IPO Aren't That Different

Good news Series B startups, the difference between your last deck and an IPO isn't that different! Just keep up the good work! Follow Found...

00:00:49Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: The Birth Of The OkCupid Blog

In the early days of OKCupid, co-founder Sam Yagan tried to get reporters to write about his company. When they balked, he cut out the middl...

00:01:30Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: Four Pieces of M&A Advice for Startup Founders

+ Think big: Large companies don't want to buy small companies, unless you have some critical tech, or key people. If you want to get acquir...

00:02:49Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: Your Board Is Your Boss

An important thing for founders to remember when they take investment, and add people to their board, is that they're in effect hiring their...

00:00:44Nov 29, 2015

#8 Clip: If You Have Distributed Offices, Invest Heavily in Video

Match.com CEO Sam Yagan manages workers in offices in Dallas, Vancouver, and Paris—the secret? Video. High quality video, along with a fair...

00:01:30Nov 29, 2015

#8: Inside Match, Tinder, & OKCupid with CEO Sam Yagan [Full Episode]

Today we’re going to talk to Sam Yagan, the CEO of the newly-public Match Group. Match is a dating conglomerate that combines Match, OkCupid...

00:54:32Nov 29, 2015