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Congrats to YC S20!
Congratulations YC S20 on your graduation!
Best of luck with your demoday and fundraise!
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Відео

SaaS/B2B - How to Get Your First 100 Customers
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In this video, we chat about settling to the first 100 customers for your SaaS/B2B software startup and some of the lessons we learned during the early days of SendBird. Part A. What's unique about the first 100 customers 1. What are you trying to validate 2. What are you learning from getting your first 100 customers 3. What is different about first 100 customers vs later 1,000 Part B. How we ...
The Art of Setting Annual Goals
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Happy New Years 2020! This is a guide into setting your annual personal goals. Based on 14 years of goal setting and iteration, I share 5 tips to help you set your annual goals and achieve them reliably throughout the year. 5 Tips for Annual Plans 1. Make your goal "SAM" - Specific, Actionable, Measurable 2. Minimize the Management Overhead 3. Add Buffer to Your Goals 4. Reward Yourself Often f...
How to Raise a Seed Round
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This is a 28min video guide/tips on raising a seed round/capital for your startup. To set some context, I've personally raised a handful of seed financing, and at SendBird, we've collectively raised over $120M in funding to-date across multiple rounds. Hopefully, this video can provide a bit of guidance and tips on how to raise a seed round at the beginning of your journey. This session covers ...
The Beginning of SendBird and Entering Silicon Valley
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We began our journey in 2013 as a B2C company building online community for moms. Then we took a turn and pivoted into a B2B chat API company, which became SendBird, Inc. Thanks to Y Combinator, we were able to make the big transition from an international company out of South Korea, into a company headquartered in Silicon Valley.
How to Create a SaaS Financial Model
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This is a video tutorial on how to create a top-down SaaS financial model in less than an hour. The sample template can be accessed here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BxeFB7DRrKrgguAGt4xU4a82O8LCMqKtCMGL708ZW20/edit#gid=0
Y Combinator - How to prepare the application and the interview
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This is a short video on preparing the application and the interview to get into Y Combinator (SendBird is YC Winter 16 batch) We've raised $2.6m in Seed and $16M in Series-A (as of December 2017)
What did you learn as a no.1 professional gamer in Korea? - Two lessons learned
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This video is a quick lessons learned on my experience as a no.1 professional gamer in Korea (Unreal Tournament) and how those lessons helped me doing startups 1) Being self-aware and discipline 2) Peak experience and building confidence
2PM Framework - How do you manage a startup?
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This video is about a framework dubbed "2PM" - People, Product, Market, Money and how to juggle these four balls to manage your startup effectively.
Situational Leadership - What is your management style?
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This is a Q&A on leadership style called "Situational Leadership"

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ravitejanadakudity5481
    @ravitejanadakudity5481 2 місяці тому

    When we are talking about first 100 customers, are we referring to 100 Enterprises or 100 individual users?

  • @icingle
    @icingle 4 місяці тому

    As a founder raising funds, Thanks for the great content!

  • @amonifinau4048
    @amonifinau4048 4 місяці тому

    Thank you!

  • @prhasn
    @prhasn 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the excellent advice.

  • @dibr90
    @dibr90 8 місяців тому

    Great video. Quick question. What are some of the tools/resources use? Raising <$2mn. Have an incorporated company and a bank account. Based in UK. I hear in this video an e-sign solution like docusign. Legal templates available online. CRM which for me is googlesheet. What else? A solution to manage cap table? Some workflow tool - could be the CRM? Thanks for your help.

  • @flash_gif
    @flash_gif 9 місяців тому

    me watching at 2AM 👁👄👁

  • @skaigreen
    @skaigreen 10 місяців тому

    I love this.. It's kind of boring.. And that's why I love it

  • @JonathanRowden
    @JonathanRowden Рік тому

    Still the best video out here. Really applies to pre-seed as well

  • @alpaykasal2902
    @alpaykasal2902 Рік тому

    Thanks for this!!! Very helpful!

  • @navsi3117
    @navsi3117 Рік тому

    You popped up on my feed and I was wondering how you would change your advice for the current climate? I am founder of a bootstrapped stealth company (more Palantir-esque than a Chat GPT wrap) and am about to look into pre-seed/seed funding. Would like to get your thoughts.

  • @Clintessential369
    @Clintessential369 Рік тому

    That was an absolutely fantastic explanation of seed round fundraising. Thank you so much!

  • @AlexeiPetrovykh
    @AlexeiPetrovykh Рік тому

    Thanks for this video, John! Really useful for early-stage founders. Appreciate it!

  • @kennethijama1934
    @kennethijama1934 Рік тому

    This is Golden ❤

  • @PortmannInternational
    @PortmannInternational Рік тому

    Thank you so much. Amazing how everything is explained. Great job

  • @jamesraphaelmdima4729
    @jamesraphaelmdima4729 Рік тому

    I want to contact you for more information.

  • @rluna2883
    @rluna2883 Рік тому

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  • @Howardkinga
    @Howardkinga Рік тому

    Very informative! Thank you!

  • @doston8795
    @doston8795 Рік тому

    This is my first year creating Setting Annual Goals, and this is extremely useful. Thank you, John.

  • @marketingmadeeasy8392
    @marketingmadeeasy8392 Рік тому

    Good explanation. Thank you

  • @riskarenistianah6920
    @riskarenistianah6920 Рік тому

    P😅😅

  • @lttraveler2458
    @lttraveler2458 2 роки тому

    it looks like you have abandoned this channel? I saw this video and it was helpful. Every business uses technology in some way or another. Even Real Estate uses tech, but companies that do office cleaning or ship food to your home are saying they are tech! It's crazy. We are a cross between Real Estate and Sports, but our scheduling and ordering is done online. We will have an app for our on-site users for when they are not on-site. This doesn't make us a tech company. Any suggestions of where to find a group that wants to solve a problem, has a huge and growing market, and would like to work with my all-star team of experienced leaders.

  • @bluecloud-s
    @bluecloud-s 2 роки тому

    Thanks for your video. I can feel that all advices are based on honesty and generosity. Could you advise on firming a company in legal. Would you recommend to hire a lawyer to process it? Or is it something founders can do by themselves maybe?

  • @jinalee9696
    @jinalee9696 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the sample template.!

  • @vaibhavpatil1490
    @vaibhavpatil1490 2 роки тому

    Excellent positive and full of tenacity explanation! Kudos!!

  • @realnapster1522
    @realnapster1522 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing your journey. Many times you see the stories of successful startup founders but they don’t discuss about ups and down and how they pivoted to arrive at a great idea and how they got their first customers. That’s the most useful and important information for early stage founders tinkering with ideas.

  • @realnapster1522
    @realnapster1522 2 роки тому

    Hi John your English is quite good. I am located in Silicon Valley and looking to network with startup founders. Can you send me a message? Thanks.

  • @laserflip8094
    @laserflip8094 2 роки тому

    Hi John, I learned a lot from this. Thanks so much! I was wondering if you'd have 5 minutes this week to skim my YC application? If so, I'll shoot you a Google Doc link.

  • @alpceymec
    @alpceymec 2 роки тому

    4:22 - How to get your first 100 customers.

  • @andrewleonardi3351
    @andrewleonardi3351 2 роки тому

    Finally a good video on the subject. Excellent advice

  • @AnotherSkyTV
    @AnotherSkyTV 2 роки тому

    Seo & google ads combo rock for that kind of stuff, I always use it with my saas clients and it works really well if done right

    • @mycustompaintedlife502
      @mycustompaintedlife502 3 місяці тому

      I really do try to keep my mind open so I can learn more technical skills because it’s holding me back from creating things necessary for my overall business to succeed. It’s so not fair! 😂 My 4 children are just as comfortable using their laptops as a pen and paper!

  • @jaythesong
    @jaythesong 2 роки тому

    🫡

  • @dennisantolin
    @dennisantolin 2 роки тому

    very insightful and elaborate, thanks for sharing

  • @techviking23
    @techviking23 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your amazing advice!

  • @Taskade
    @Taskade 2 роки тому

    Positive Channel!

  • @yiannimamtsaderis9682
    @yiannimamtsaderis9682 2 роки тому

    Wow, this is probably the best video I've watched on seed funding, thank you!

    • @chefhak
      @chefhak Рік тому

      For real, nice and long with packed details

  • @casaugc
    @casaugc 2 роки тому

    Great video, thanks so much for sharing!

  • @jonahbaka6223
    @jonahbaka6223 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much! you are the man!

  • @steve_moreland
    @steve_moreland 2 роки тому

    Great insights 🏆

  • @MultiJhkjhkj
    @MultiJhkjhkj 2 роки тому

    Thank you always for all your videos!! Would be great if you could upload anything from time to time. Your words really mean a lot for baby fellow entrepreneurs!

  • @allenlin7462
    @allenlin7462 2 роки тому

    Fantastic video. Great tips!

  • @wronggg
    @wronggg 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the videos!

  • @ipip247
    @ipip247 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot for your sharing. You made a great talk about pre-seed/seed round fund raising. Many tips are missing from YC’s startup school.

  • @nyakarundi
    @nyakarundi 2 роки тому

    It will be great to see a video on best strategy to raise capital especially for founders with no IV league background. You mentioned you help founder also raise money, do you know companies or consultant that focus on such service?

  • @ZaneleMaduna
    @ZaneleMaduna 3 роки тому

    You teach so well. Thank you!

  • @aliamjad9118
    @aliamjad9118 3 роки тому

    I am just about to launch my first SaaS/PaaS product in about 4-5 days and this video was really helpful! Moreover, I can emphasize more on how important retention and recurring revenue means to a business. I would really appreciate if you can also make a video on customer retention strategies.

    • @Fanasfreaks
      @Fanasfreaks 2 роки тому

      Hey, how is your saas going so far?

    • @gidd
      @gidd 2 роки тому

      @@Fanasfreaks Bro must've quit

  • @GirishVenkatachalam
    @GirishVenkatachalam 3 роки тому

    Remarkable thanks, I wonder how to sell my email security software for spam control SpamCheetah slowly ramping up

  • @kirkh9044
    @kirkh9044 3 роки тому

    John ... thanks so much for the great video and your channel.

  • @kirkh9044
    @kirkh9044 3 роки тому

    John ... thanks so much for the great video and your channel.

  • @kirkh9044
    @kirkh9044 3 роки тому

    John ... thanks so much for the great video and your channel. Extremely help for me as I start my seed funding round!

  • @kirkh9044
    @kirkh9044 3 роки тому

    John ... thanks so much for the great video and your channel.