Richard White: Getting into Y-Combinator, Starting 2 Startups, and the Cold Email that Changed His Career (#52)
Jim is joined by Richard White, Founder and CEO of businesses like UserVoice and Fathom. He takes us through his journey from being a part of the first Y-Combinator batch in Cambridge in 2005 with the founders from Reddit, Dropbox and Twitch to his latest
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Show Notes
Jim is joined by Richard White, Founder and CEO of businesses like UserVoice and Fathom. He takes us through his journey from being a part of the first YCombinator batch in Cambridge in 2005 with the founders from Reddit, Dropbox and Twitch to his latest YC backed startup, Fathom.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE
· The power of a cold email
· How to get noticed by accelerators like Ycombinator
· What advantages does Fathom bring to Zoom meetings
· Fundraising strategies
· Generating revenue when starting with a free service
· Should you prioritize Monetizations or Growth
· Stories from a startup
· Half-baked idea to disrupt CEO headhunting
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