3 - The Next Evolution of Game Film with GameStrat founder and CEO Tunch Akkaya

Capital Ventures

English - June 15, 2021 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MB
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Previous Episode: 2 - Scaling a SaaS business in a massive industry with Elizabeth Audette-Bourdeau

Next Episode: 4 - Building a business & a community during challenging times with SweatFitCo founder Conor Oakley

Big Takeaways:

· Don’t be afraid to launch early and fix your product on the fly

· Focus on building a business that you want to run before you can even consider selling.

Other Takeaways for entrepreneurs:

· 4:22 – The best way to prove your product or idea is to use it to gain an advantage over your competition/prospective customer!

· 5:55 - Imitate then innovate to create a Blue Ocean.

· 7:30 - Customer service mindset: even if the issue is caused by a customer not knowing how to use your product, it is still a problem you need to address.

· 8:20 - Moore’s law in action

· 9:30 – You don’t know anything when you finish school compared to what is required to start a tech company.

· 11:10 – The founder generally needs to be able to sell the product before you can start to hire salespeople.

· 14:50– The importance of launching before you’ve worked out all of the bugs; it allows issues to surface earlier so you can fix them to improve your product.

· 17::10 – There’s a saying in football that “the eye in the sky don’t (doesn’t) lie”

· 23:05 – You can focus on your core product and still be in a great position to pivot if a new opportunity arises.

· 27:10 – How the acceleration of tech adoption caused by COVID may lead to future growth.

· 29:10 – How the success of early adopters can be a great sales and marketing tool.

· 30:15 How learning from mentors is like a cheat code

· 30:50 Why you have to build a business that you want to run before you can think about selling it.

· 31:50 Why integrating a CRM properly is a huge part of scaling your business.

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