Itamar Weisbord and I were introduced in 2008 by a mutual friend. He was the founder of Cellogic, an early stage of an Israeli startup that created a lock screen app (a bit ahead of its time) and I was a senior product manager at Ask.com. We remained friends and caught up regularly on the ups and downs of startup life.
Fast forward, Cellogic became Deeplink.me and Itamar sold his startup to Yahoo! where he now works as Director of product management, leading a team in Israel. So, when he invited me to join him as the first VC guest on the Bootstrapped Podcast with the inimitable Hillel Fuld and serial entrepreneur Guy Malachi, I naturally said yes. It was less of a scripted podcast and more of a free flow conversation (and mutual #Firgun).
We didn’t leave many stones unturned. We covered:
- ? The best way to pitch a VC during the pandemic. Hint: when you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail, but take the time to research your investors to improve the match.
- ? How much to de-risk your startup before approaching a VC for funding.
- ? My journey from PM, to launching and leading Google’s Campus London, to venture capitalist.
I’m not sure I’d recommend subjecting yourself to my voice for an extended period of time, but you can listen to the episode here: https://www.bootstrappod.com/e10-our-first-vc-guest-featuring-eze-vidra-of-remagine-ventures/
I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.
I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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