Q: What's a great sign that design partners love your product?
A: When they repeatedly offer to pay for it!
In the latest episode of the Startup Field Guide podcast,
@BM_DataDowntime
, CEO and co-founder of
@montecarlodata
chats with
@sandhya
about how early customer feedback…
We are thrilled to see our Founder
@jvrionis
on
@BusinessInsider
's 2024 Seed 100 list!
John founded Unusual Ventures in 2018 with
@jyotibansalsf
to build a firm with a new approach to partnering with early-stage Founders. His career has been dedicated to learning and providing…
🚨 Episode 46 of the Startup Field Guide is live, featuring the powerhouse
@BM_DataDowntime
, co-founder and CEO of
@montecarlodata
. Launched in 2019, Monte Carlo is an observability platform that monitors data pipelines for inaccuracies. Last valued at $1.6B, Monte Carlo has over…
Founders often make 3 user persona mistakes
➡ Mistake 1: Indexing on title and demographics
➡ Mistake 2: Having too many personas
➡ Mistake 3: Not internalizing the persona’s needs
Our playbook on how to do personas right:
Startup founders building LLM solutions need to understand the needs of established companies working in regulated industries. Otherwise, they will not be able to effectively partner with such firms to meet their evolving needs.
Unusual investor
@RyanMWexler
recently chatted…
Big congrats to
@perplexity_ai
on their new enterprise launch and growing from $3M to $20M in subscription rev in 6 months! When Perplexity first launched search, they simply used OpenAI's APIs and focused on fine-tuning + citations. On our podcast this week CTO
@denisyarats
…
Lighthouse customers can create a great deal of momentum for a startup! These deals can help build market leadership, generate press, and motivate teams to deliver.
But what happens when these deals go wrong?
3X founder
@larsalbright
offers a strategic approach to structuring…
🚨Episode 45 of the Startup Field Guide is live featuring
@denisyarats
, co-founder and CTO of
@perplexity_ai
, a consumer search engine for research. Founded in 2022 and recently valued at over $1B, Perplexity has crossed 10M monthly active users and is growing fast.
They have a…
➡ What does GenAI adoption look like in the legal industry?
➡ And what role does education play in accelerating adoption of GenAI?
In the latest episode of the Startup Field Guide podcast,
@sandhya
chats with
@ajshankar
, founder of
@everlaw
, about the company's approach to Gen…
Super excited to host the Ultimate Product-led Onboarding Playbook live event with Reforge!
Building exceptional product-led onboarding is super hard. What does good onboarding even look like? Which patterns are effective, and why? How do you measure success?
The Ultimate…
Is product-led growth (PLG) the right strategy for your business?
Check out our introduction to product-led growth by Unusual Ventures GP Sandhya Hegde.
In this article, Sandhya covers the following ideas:
👉 What is product-led growth?
👉 When was PLG born?
👉 The key guiding…