Season 1 – Page 2 – Valley Talks

[S1,E18 Expert] Founders should learn how to listen to their users – Joe Vasquez, investor and founder of Michelson Runway Accelerator

May 7, 2016

Joe Vasquez has been involved in startups ever since. While he was at Stanford University, he co-founded StartX Accelerator – one of the top accelerators in USA. For the last couple years he's been mana... Read More...

[S1,E17] “Sometimes we were really close to giving up” – How YC alumn Petcube became Kickstarter Kings, raised $3.8M and landed their product in Best Buy

May 2, 2016

Interviews, Kickstarter, Season 1, Y Combinator

Yaroslav Azhnyuk is a co-founder and CEO of Petcube – the first ever smart camera for pet owners that lets you watch, talk to, and play with your pet remotely from a smartphone. Founders come from Kiev,... Read More...

[S1,E16] From simple idea at a restaurant to $900K funding and 7 million translations. Waygo – app that translates in real time from Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

April 24, 2016

500 Startups, Interviews, Season 1

Ryan Rogowski created a very helpful, for some people even anxiety eliminating, product – Waygo – an app that allows to instantly translate Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Ryan, apparently not alone, expe... Read More...

[S1,E15] Hackaton ninja, inventor and engineer – Priya Kuber left her life in India for love. A year later she introduces a shape wear that tracks body measurements.

April 19, 2016

Interviews, Season 1

I met Priya in San Francisco during one of the meetups dedicated to female founders. As she was already a fan of Valley Talks, we started chatting about the talk show and the value it brings to her. Soo... Read More...

[S1,E14] “We had a client before we had a product” – How YC alum Pretty Instant pivoted into becoming Uber for photographers

April 13, 2016

Interviews, Season 1, Y Combinator

Doug Rogers is a co-founder and Director of Product at Pretty Instant – a service that disrupts the industry of hiring photographers for family and business events. Pretty Instant started as an event photo ... Read More...

[S1,E13] “Broadcast TV must become more social and they still don’t get it” – Adryenn Ashley builds crowdfunding platform for TV Shows

April 2, 2016

Interviews, Season 1

Adryenn Ashley is a movie and TV Producer, social media influencer (200K total followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and founder of CrowdedTV - a crowdfunding platform for reality TV, movies and ta... Read More...

[S3,E7] The secrets of influencer marketing – Alexa Tonner, Collectively Inc.

[S3,E6] The do's and don'ts in blockchain marketing! – Jesse Ratner, Founder of The Blockchain Agency

[S3,E5] How to pitch your startup to press? Storytelling hacks with Hayley Leibson, Forbes contributor

[S3,E4] Choosing positive vs. negative marketing when fighting fake news - Nicolas Maquaire launches Kloop after a successful exit to Salesforce

[S3,E3] How to use the brand's full potential? – Shift helps military veterans transition into impactful civilian roles

[S3,E2] “Be willing to listen to feedback” - How does Sumo Logic navigate targeting different B2B audiences?

[S1,E18 Expert] Founders should learn how to listen to their users – Joe Vasquez, investor and founder of Michelson Runway Accelerator

[S1,E17] “Sometimes we were really close to giving up” – How YC alumn Petcube became Kickstarter Kings, raised $3.8M and landed their product in Best Buy

[S1,E16] From simple idea at a restaurant to $900K funding and 7 million translations. Waygo – app that translates in real time from Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

[S1,E15] Hackaton ninja, inventor and engineer – Priya Kuber left her life in India for love. A year later she introduces a shape wear that tracks body measurements.

[S1,E14] “We had a client before we had a product” – How YC alum Pretty Instant pivoted into becoming Uber for photographers