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Time to sign up for Evie – your personal calendar assistant.
If you use google or office 365 for mail – feel free to use my link to jump the Q and start using Evie today.
https://www.mimetic.ai/invite_code/Michael459
Have fun and enjoy the product!
Pretty excited to see this news finally come out – Moglix has raised their Series A round.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/280920
We are obviously a new firm, SeedPlus, and have a long ways to go but it is nice to see some early traction. One of the new challenges I am facing in being a VC is just being patient and constructive about playing the long game. When I was shipping product it was always pretty easy to get some short term satisfaction by shipping something, measuring it’s performance and then tweaking along the way to shipping an update.
Dashboards were my crack.
Now I have to just keep going, be patient and work with my team to shape the long game. It’s fun, but challenging.
So with Moglix raising an A we get a chance to celebrate a small milestone. It is also a nice example of the SeedPlus network at work with Ratan Tata, Accel and Jungle all playing vital roles.
If you are interested in learning more about SeedPlus – contact us here :: http://www.seedplus.com/contact/
If you haven’t tried it, I suggest getting in on the action before the wait list gets too big.
Schedule and manage your meetings all via email with Evie doing all the work.
Enjoy.
Have my panel today :: http://www.nokpis.com/2016/09/22/indonesia-panel-at-deal-street-asia-conference/
Once I saw I was in the paper next to Mark I hung out in the media room to ask for a photo.
He laughed once he saw the paper and quickly obliged.
Good times!
Normally I book my own trips but when I am looking for something interesting and need help booking hotels, cars, flights and tours – I find it easier to just use an agent.
Been using these guys for years and recently used them for a trip I am planning.
So if you need travel agent help and someone who knows how to pull interesting ideas together – I suggest :: http://www.dtctravel.com/
Happy travels!
One of our startups, AppKnox, has their new prodcut out and featured on Beta List.
Check it :: https://betalist.com/startups/devknox
Ever want to pay normal bills with your credit card? Earn more miles?
A new thing made in Singapore is just for you. I love the idea!
Check out CardUp!
Also – they are hiring :: https://angel.co/cardup-1/jobs
Interesting. Was waiting for this to happen :: https://ride.guru/
Similar start to my friend’s site :: https://www.routehappy.com/
It’s cool to have a meta search/pricing site but wonder how accurate it is and how it will ever make money.
Or is it just for fun?
Interesting.
As long as I have been in the startup or product game, I have heard from the CEO, the marketing head or the investor that there is always a milestone that when reached the business will lock into an upward trajectory. If we cross this number we are good. If we license this movie we will have so many viewers. If we build the sign-up flow this way we will blow up with users. If we re-factor the payment flow we will double payments.
Hell, I am sure I contributed to a few of these fallacies. If I did, slap me.
Everything is essentially a slow build with a constant struggle to keep moving, keep growing and keep measuring. Rarely will a single event lead to amazing success. Normally the fluke success is not long lasting and many times success comes sneaking up on you since you have been too busy grinding it out to notice.
Seth is so on the money with this one :: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/09/looking-for-the-trick.html
There’s a meta-trick that’s far more reliable. One that works over time and doesn’t depend on avoiding being out-tricked: Make great stuff. Satisfy needs. Do the hard work that leads to growth which leads to investment on its own merit.
It turns out that the trick-free approach is the best trick of all.
My writing view for the moment – love the iPad pro with the always on LTE:
My son and daughter are out there going crazy.
Enjoy your weekend.
Excited to see the this kick off!
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