EPISODE · Oct 18, 2023 · 22 MIN
#13 How To Improve Product Quality, Fundraise And Scale Your Start-Up
from The Mary Poppins of Startups Show · host Naily Makangu [Athena Leaders]
How can startup founders engage customers without the perfect prototype? What if they steal my idea? Should I focus on product development or a streamlined operations for potential customers? Do you really think that investors will be interested in a startup who is not generating revenue? 🔗 Read or download summary of the key insights 00:00 - Going live 00:30 - Intro 04:45 - How perfect should my product be before I can start talking about it to potential clients or investors? 13:16 - Do you recommend that startups focus on product development or the operational part of the business? 18:05 - Do investors ever invest in a pre-revenue and pre-product company? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Like the show! Help us fight the algorithm war. Leave us a review! LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE! 🎤🎤🎤 Book Naily to LIGHT UP your events - https://foxly.me/naily-makangu MORE FREE RESOURCES: ⚡ Join our monthly FREE 1-1 Tech/Product Mentoring sessions - https://foxly.me/1-1FreeTechMentoringSP 💻 More BITE-SIZED video tips - https://bit.ly/PodcastAthenaLeaders 💥 Check out our Tech and Product Catalyst 👉 https://foxly.me/TechProductCatalyst 📈 For any brand deals, collaborations, email [email protected] 🚨 About our host - Naily Makangu 🚨 Software Engineer turned “The Mary Poppins of Startups”, Naily Makangu has a gift for bridging the gap between tech teams and the rest of the business to deliver solutions that customers love. With over ten years of experience, Naily has a proven track record of turning around struggling technical projects and organisations, leading complex software projects and launching products, for pre-seed startups, scaleups to large corporations such as Siemens Industry Software. Investors can count on Naily to keep their startups teams on track, reducing the need to breathe down their necks. Naily is committed to fostering innovation and growth in the startup community via Athena Leaders' "Tech and Product Catalyst". 👋 Don't be shy! Drop Naily Makangu a line to say hello : ➡ DM https://www.linkedin.com/in/nailymakangu/ ➡ DM https://www.instagram.com/nailymak/ ➡ 📞 https://foxly.me/TalkToAthenaLeaders ➡ 🌐 www.athenaleaders.com #startups #entrepreneurs #startupgrowth #scaleyourstartup #startupsuccess #startups #leadership #productdevelopment #community #collaboration #direction #productroadmap #startupstories #startuplife #vcs #angelinvestors #investors #tech #leadership #remoteworking #hybridworking
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How can startup founders engage customers without the perfect prototype? What if they steal my idea? Should I focus on product development or a streamlined operations for potential customers? Do you really think that investors will be interested in a startup who is not generating revenue? 🔗 Read or download summary of the key insights 00:00 - Going live 00:30 - Intro 04:45 - How perfect should my product be before I can start talking about it to potential clients or investors? 13:16 - Do you recommend that startups focus on product development or the operational part of the business? 18:05 - Do investors ever invest in a pre-revenue and pre-product company? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Like the show! Help us fight the algorithm war. Leave us a review! LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE! 🎤🎤🎤 Book Naily to LIGHT UP your events - https://foxly.me/naily-makangu MORE FREE RESOURCES: ⚡ Join our monthly FREE 1-1 Tech/Product Mentoring sessions - https://foxly.me/1-1FreeTechMentoringSP 💻 More BITE-SIZED video tips - https://bit.ly/PodcastAthenaLeaders 💥 Check out our Tech and Product Catalyst 👉 https://foxly.me/TechProductCatalyst 📈 For any brand deals, collaborations, email [email protected] 🚨 About our host - Naily Makangu 🚨 Software Engineer turned “The Mary Poppins of Startups”, Naily Makangu has a gift for bridging the gap between tech teams and the rest of the business to deliver solutions that customers love. With over ten years of experience, Naily has a proven track record of turning around struggling technical projects and organisations, leading complex software projects and launching products, for pre-seed startups, scaleups to large corporations such as Siemens Industry Software. Investors can count on Naily to keep their startups teams on track, reducing the need to breathe down their necks. Naily is committed to fostering innovation and growth in the startup community via Athena Leaders' "Tech and Product Catalyst". 👋 Don't be shy! Drop Naily Makangu a line to say hello : ➡ DM https://www.linkedin.com/in/nailymakangu/ ➡ DM https://www.instagram.com/nailymak/ ➡ 📞 https://foxly.me/TalkToAthenaLeaders ➡ 🌐 www.athenaleaders.com #startups #entrepreneurs #startupgrowth #scaleyourstartup #startupsuccess #startups #leadership #productdevelopment #community #collaboration #direction #productroadmap #startupstories #startuplife #vcs #angelinvestors #investors #tech #leadership #remoteworking #hybridworking
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