Vator innovation series

Survival 2010

Host Reena Jadhav interviews experts to explore tactical and strategic initiatives, such as revenue opportunities, cost cutting, etc., to help startups survive beyond 2010

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Get to profitability now

by Reena A Jadhav, March 12, 2009

Angel investor Hamid Rezepour speaks with Reena Jadhav

Angel investor Hamin Rezepour shares with nuResume founder Reena Jadhav his top industry picks for investing in 2009 along with a tip for entrepreneurs. He believes that 2009 is going to offer opportunities in Real estate and Green Tech. After all, there's significant inventory of distressed and undervalued commerical properties for cherry picking by investors sitting on cash. Who has ...

Is this why you're not getting funded?

by Reena A Jadhav, February 11, 2009

John Matthesen shares why eight out of 10 fail to get funded

Keiretsu Forum member and angel investor John Matthesen give Reena Jadhav, Founder, CEO of nuResume.com his top 5 reasons that 8 out of 10 presentations fail to get funded. Every month he sees great ideas fail to raise money since they're unable make a solid convincing presentation. It's a frosty climate to begin with, so entrepreneurs need to make a "super compelling business case" to ...

The upside of fear, uncertainty and doubt

by Reena A Jadhav, February 6, 2009

Soaring Venture partner Steven Elefant says today's tough times are great for entrepreneurs

I recently caught up with Steven Elefant, a partner at Soaring Venture and an angel investor, at the Keiretsu holiday party recently. The interview sheds light on the investor mindset these days. It's no surprise that he predicts a challenging year coupled with long recovery. Elefant thinks the economy will turn a corner in 2010, given than this time a ...

Tim Draper gives Survival 2010 tips

by Reena A Jadhav, January 26, 2009

Crisis is an opportunity to grab huge markets

Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, shares with Reena Jadhav, CEO nuResume, his perspective on the impact of the current economic crisis on venture backed companies. Bottom line: this is a crisis you can take advantage of and an opportunity to grab huge markets! He draws a clear distinction between the current economic crisis and the 2000-2001 downturn by saying ...

Valuations are down 50%, get profitable now!

by Reena A Jadhav, December 23, 2008

Collin Wiel shares tips and predictions with Reena Jadhav

How refreshing to finally get a number on the new valuation metric - it's down 50%. So now we know. Collin Wiel, Partner at Keiretsu Forum San Francisco Chapter, shares with Reena Jadhav, CEO nuResume, his top tips for Survival and predictions for 2009. Tip 1: Forget about building a sales team, the CEO or founder needs to sell. Conserve resources on sales team ...

Are you the next billionaire?

by Reena A Jadhav, December 18, 2008

Nat Goldhaber tells Reena Jadhav why now's the time for billionaires

Reena Jadhav, CEO nuResume, interviewed Nat Goldhaber, Venture Capitalist, in between drinks to hear his tips for Survival 2010 and predictions for 2009. Nat was inspiring enough that I came home and put in a couple more hours of work. He believes this is the time for billionaires, not millionaires, to be born. As he puts it, there are so ...

Outlook Ventures' Haykin on managing cash

by Reena A Jadhav, December 8, 2008

Great tips on cash-flow management

Randy Haykin shares his insights and market view with Reena A Jadhav in this cash flow-centric interview. He recommends CEOs work closely with the board to creatively approach revenue optimization. Get some experts in; go out to lunches and figure out new models, new services to sell more to the most profitable base of customers. One counter-intuitive but valuable insight: analyze the ...

Getting funded by Keiretsu, part II

by Reena A Jadhav, December 3, 2008

Steps, process and valuations for angel funding

How hard is it to close angel funding in this economy? Reena Jadhav interviews Randy Williams, founder of Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investor network with 750 accredited investor members. Randy provides insights on valuations, deal sizes and criteria for getting funded by his large investor network. Watch the interview to hear his response to the impact of economy on ...

Keiretsu founder on how to get funded now!

by Reena A Jadhav, December 1, 2008

Randy Williams gives actionable tips

The Survival 2010 series covers actionable insights, expert advice, and market predictions from leading investors and executives. In this segment Reena Jadhav interviews Keiretsu Forum founder Randy Williams. All is well in Keiretsu angel land, with 26 fundings this year and Randy seeing tremendous opportunity to fund great companies at attractive valuations. His recommendation to entrepreneurs -stay focussed on core, ...

At SplashX: the challenges of shifting to precision health

by Steven Loeb
How big data is being used to advance precision health

by Kristin Karaoglu
Where are VCs investing across precision health?

by Kristin Karaoglu
How big data is being used to advance precision health

by Kristin Karaoglu
Corporate Innovator: Tina Moen, Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health

by Steven Loeb
A conversation with Helix Chief Product Officer Chris Glode

by Bambi Francisco Roizen
Precision medicine - more laser or shotgun?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen
When Thumbtack was young: the early years

by Steven Loeb