hardware – Valley Talks

Lisa’s Thoughts on Pitching Nomiku on Shark Tank

December 20, 2016

On Dec 2nd 2016 Lisa and Abe, founders of Nomiku, were featured on Shark Tank! Lisa was on Valley Talks in February 2016. We had a fantastic chat about running a startup with a husband, going through Y Combinat... 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,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,E9] The challenges of pivoting the product after raising nearly $500k on Kickstarter. Neuroon – intelligent mask that hacks your sleep

February 23, 2016

Interviews, Kickstarter, Season 1

Tomasz Kolodziejak is a co-founder of Inteliclinic, the company that produces Neuroon — the world’s first mask, which allows to modify sleep paterns with patented light therapy. Neuroon had huge success on Ki... Read More...

[S1,E7] Raising over $1M on Kickstarter, graduating from Y Combinator and being married to a co-founder — Lisa Fetterman, CEO of Nomiku

February 10, 2016

Interviews, Kickstarter, Season 1, Y Combinator

I'm very happy to introduce Lisa Fetterman, co-founder and CEO of Nomiku — a sous vide cooking appliance that cooks food in a controlled low-temperature water bath. It had massively succeeded in two Kickstart... Read More...

[S1,E3] Former Microsoft employee, engineer, martial arts teacher and a startup founder — Fauzia Lala works on creating a smoothie vending machine.

January 22, 2016

Interviews, Season 1

"One of the advice I got from several investors, is not to ask for investment too early. They have told me: 'Push out on asking for investment as long as you can.' " – Projects 0:36 – Idea 1:2... 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?