Your Guide to Product Strategy for Startups with Owl Ventures’ Emily Bennett (Plus: How to Pitch Your Long-Term Vision to Investors)

Unlock the secrets of developing a successful product strategy from Emily Bennett, principal at Owl Ventures. Drawing from her extensive experience working at tech giants like Facebook, Spotify, and The New York Times, Emily unpacks the subtle interplay between short-term objectives and long-term vision, and breaks down how validation is key to bagging that coveted funding. She also discusses the need for investors to understand a product without necessarily being experts in the field, the opportunities and challenges in EdTech innovation, the importance of diversity and inclusion in venture capital, and much more. This episode is a goldmine for founders and investors in the education space. Tune in! In this episode, you’ll learn about: product strategy, venture capital, Owl Ventures, tech giants, Spotify, disruption, differentiation, testing ideas, target audiences, end users, long-term visions, funding, artificial intelligence in EdTech, AI, pitches, education segments, specialization, EdTech innovation, diversity and inclusion, successful product strategy, validation process, EdTech opportunities, venture investments, solving real problems, market differentiation, educational technology, and strategic success. Follow The Funding Blueprint, hosted by award-winning podcaster Cody Gough, on YouTube or your favorite podcast app, to be notified about new episodes for free every week. And get involved in the conversation by joining StartHub's community of engaged startup founders, VC investors, and other entrepreneurs on Discord: https://discord.gg/4MjDJS8wsR  About Emily: Emily Bennett is a principal at Owl Ventures. Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the EdTech market, with over $2 billion in assets under management. Emily has an incredible background in product strategy for technology and media companies, including Facebook, The New York Times, and Spotify. At Facebook, she served as Product Marketing Manager for News Integrity, implementing products and initiatives to help curb misinformation and better incentivize high quality news across the platform. At the New York Times, she was Product Manager for video, where she drove product strategy for immersive streaming experiences. And at Spotify, she worked on growth product strategy for their artist-facing platform.  Learn more about Sizzle, a free AI tutor for everyone: https://web.szl.ai/ Learn more about Maximal Learning: https://www.maximallearning.com/  Connect with Emily Bennett on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybennett1/  Music track: "Cinematic Funk" Source: https://www.lokhmatovmusic.com/  Free Background Music by Yevhen Lokhmatov If you're impressed by the incredible editing in this episode, then get in touch with our tremendous editor Sean Petell for your sound design or audio/video production needs. Special thanks to Sean for making this episode look and sound so good! You can reach Sean at https://seanpetell.com/