Ep082 – James Mckinnon (Angel Investor & Founder – Sittr) on building great products

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep082 – James Mckinnon (Angel Investor & Founder – Sittr) on building great products March 27, 2018 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 82 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is James Mckinnon, an angel investor and founder of Australia’s #1 babysitter and nanny app, Sittr. James has had a unique journey to date. Having worked initially at a boutique advisory firm, James decided to jump into startups and learn more about the space by becoming an angel investor and investing in promising early stage startups After investing in a number of companies such as Expert360, ResponSight and Airly, James decided to take the plunge into founding startups himself, teaming up with his partner to launch Sittr, an app based marketplace for babysitters and nannies. Since launching in 2014, the app has gone on to have over 20,000 users and being featured as the number 1 app for it’s category by Apple. In this interview, we talk about: The characteristics that investors look for in founders Managing the supply and demand of marketplaces Using PR for growth The importance of customer service The decision to outsource vs having an in house development team   WATCH ON YOUTUBE PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling THE E-COMMERCE PLAYBOOK ACCELEPRISE AUSTRALIA STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION    Show notes: – Mirren Capital – Expert360 – Airly – Sittr – TechCrunch – Startup Daily – VCDundee (Twitter) – James Mckinnon (Email) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn)   Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound   Other channels: Watch the video on Youtube here. Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep082_-_James_Mckinnon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep082 – James Mckinnon (Angel Investor & Founder – Sittr) on building great products appeared first on Startup Playbook.