#71 Peter Mueller Founding Partner Breakwater VC about Pre Seed Investing in Seattle Tech Startups

#75 Satya Singh - Co-Founder of Scispot on redefining modern biotech's data infrastructure

Satya, co-founder of Scispot, joins Startup Project's Nataraj to share his journey from leading a platform team at Expedia to starting a biotech company that solves data challenges for life science labs. In this episode, we discuss:

• Satya's unique career path, from fashion startup owner to data expert.
• The founding story of Scispot, tackling the problem of unanalyzed data in biotech.
• The YC experience and its valuable lessons, including the importance of market signals.
• Scispot's growth and traction, serving a diverse range of lab-based businesses.
• The exciting future of AI in biotech and Scispot's role in empowering innovation.
• Challenges and strategies for prioritizing features and building a sustainable platform.
• Building a company in Seattle and the evolving startup ecosystem.
• Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs interested in biotech and the power of fresh perspectives.

Tune in to learn about Scispot's vision for the future and Satya's insightful perspectives on entrepreneurship, data, and the evolving landscape of biotech. Connect with Satya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaravisingh/ Connect with Nataraj: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/

About the host: Nataraj is a Senior Product Manager and the host of the ‘Startup Project’ podcast. He also invests in startups with Incisive.vc and writes ‘100 Days of AI’, an educational series on AI. #biotech #startups #YC #entrepreneurship #data #AI #Seattle #SizePort #lifesciences #podcast #StartupProject

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#74 Sajid Rahman - Angel Investor Secrets - Lessons from 1000+ Startup Investments

StartupProjectPodcast:EpisodeNotes-NavigatingtheShiftingInvestmentLandscapewithSajidRahman

Guest:SajidRahman -TopAngelInvestor
Host:Nataraj - Senior Product Manager, Investor at Incisive.vc & Startup Advisor

EpisodeOverview:

JoinusaswedelveintotheevolvingworldofstartupsandventurecapitalwithSajidRahman,aprolificangelinvestorwithover1000investments.

Keytopicsexploredinthisepisode:

• MarketShift:Analyzingthetransitionfromthefundingboomtoamorecautiousinvestmentenvironment.Exploringtheprevalenceofdownrounds,theriseofsecondarydeals,andstrategiesforinvestorsinthecurrentclimate.

• DryPowderExplained:Demystifyingtheconceptofdrypowder–uninvestedcapitalcommittedtoVCfunds.UnderstandinghowandwhenVCsdeploycapitalandtheimplicationsforstartupsseekingfunding.

• Web3DeepDive:ExploringthelatesttrendsintheWeb3space,includingtheintersectionofAIandblockchain,real-worldassettokenization,andthedevelopmentofdecentralizedinfrastructure.Discussingstrategiesforidentifyingpromisingprojectsandavoidingscamsinthisevolvinglandscape.

• AIInvestmentLandscape:ExaminingthecurrentAIboomandthepotentialforbothfoundationalmodelsandapplication-layercompanies.AddressingconcernsaboutovervaluationandidentifyingkeyfactorsforsuccessfulAIinvestments.

• Sajid'sInvestmentStrategies:GaininginsightsintoSajidRahman'sapproachtoangelinvesting,syndicatemanagement,andrunningmultiplefundsfocusedonWeb3,YCcompanies,early-stagestartups,andAI.

AdditionalResources:

• ConnectwithSajidRahmanonLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahmansajid/

• ConnectwithNatarajonLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/

• FollowStartupProjectformoreepisodesandupdates:https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cx7Q5r9Ow9eikxQjsJjjq?si=5d154bcf6b0541f7

#startup#investing#venturecapital#web3#AI#angelinvesting#podcast#startupproject#secondarydeals#drypowder#blockchain#artificialintelligence#fundmanagement#YC#startupecosystem

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#73 Brian Bell - From Product Manager to Full Time Investor

Brian Bell is the Managing Partner at Team Ignite. Bell has experience in product development in AI at Microsoft, AWS, and startups. Full conversation includes: 🔸Transition from Product Management to full time investing 🔸Investing in YC 🔸Operating an investing Syndicate 🔸Growth hacks to grow your syndicate 🔸Is AngelList loosing its advantage? 🔸Red flags in pitch decks 🔸If money was not an object, what would you be doing? & more. Listen now 👇 Follow Brain on twitter here - https://twitter.com/brianrbell Follow Nataraj on twitter here - https://twitter.com/natarajsindam Follow 100 Days of AI here - https://thestartupproject.io/100-days-of-ai/ Subscribe now 👇 🔸Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cx7Q5r9Ow9eikxQjsJjjq 🔸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8lGcgpE7JC-alvUhMPk3g 🔸Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-project/id1551300319?uo=4 #startups #angellist #investing

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#72 Todd Bishop GeekWire Co-founder, Business and tech journalist on big tech, AI and more!

New episode with Todd Bishop, GeekWire's co-founder.

Todd is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, the cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, in addition to hosting GeekWire's weekly podcast. This is Todd's second appearance on the Startup Project podcast.

In our conversation, we discuss:

🔸 How is a tech business journalist using AI?

🔸 Does AI live up to the hype?

🔸 Covering Big tech's AI strategy as Geekwire Editor

🔸 Amazon's ecommerce AI assistant

🔸Why hasn't Amazon integrated Alexa with an LLM?

🔸Data privacy legislation in AI

🔸Layoffs in tech

🔸TikTok Ban, will it or will it not happen?

🔸Much more

Listen now 👇

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8lGcgpE7JC-alvUhMPk3g

Lister to Todd's first appearance on the podcast here.

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#71 Peter Mueller Founding Partner Breakwater VC about Pre Seed Investing in Seattle Tech Startups

In this episode Nataraj talked to Peter Mueller who is the founding partner of Breakwater ventures investing in early stage tech startups in Pacific Northwest and Wester Canadian Startups. The conversation includes: - how to think about angel investing & pre-seed investing? - Seattle pre-seed ecosystem - learnings from Seachange fund - thesis for breakwater - Whats making Western Canada an interesting place to invest? - investing in AI - long tail opportunity in AI & more. Follow peter on twitter here - https://twitter.com/pjsmueller

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