Agile Marketing Meetup - Distribution to raise VC $
1. Distribution
to Raise VC $
Agile Marketing Meetup - February 11, 2014
Mike Harden - Artis Ventures
Paul Willard - Subtraction Capital
Sponsors: Mindjet + Hotwire
3. My Scars
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4 Tech Startups
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>$500m raised
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Dozens of advisory raises
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Move to the Dark Side
4. Series Seed: The Problem
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Problem
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Not “how does this make the
world a better place”
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Vitamin pain pill: Addiction?
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7 deadly sins
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Portfolio test
5. Series Seed - The Rest
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Market - Run rate
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People - Tech/Product/Distribution
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Multiple - perceived value
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Bonus points: virality, network, ip
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Pilot - the bar
6. Series A: Product-Market Fit
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Beta customers
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Enterprise - 5
Consumer - fanboys
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Take the product away?
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LTV proxies
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Conversion/Activation
Engagement/1st Time UX
Retention
I did not raise > $500m, rather I was in leadership positions in the product, marketing, and design areas at companies that raised > $500m
relieving pain = dopamine to the brain
The Power of Habit: Duhig
Hooked: Eyal & Hoover
Pilot: People are first time at the rodeo? Then pilot must be further
Net referrer score
Customer Satisfaction
Most common: people think their product is for everyone but learn verticals after rollout
Tuning product to appeal to the right market
Chicken & eggs: creating active users
Revenue distribution
Broadest adoption
Least friction
Most defensible