When Tye and Courtney Caldwell were having trouble renting space in their salon, they thought: why isn't there an app for this? So they created one, ShearShare. But can they convince investors that their skills will transfer from the barbershop to the boardroom?
Today's investors are Jillian Manus, Phil Nadel, Daniel Gulati and Nicole Verkindt.
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Oct 21
#192 HapWare: A Wearable to Help the Blind "See"
Jack Walters built HapWare with Bryan, one of 20 blind people in the world with a PhD in computer science. Their haptic wristband lets you feel a smile, a wave, or an eye roll. But in a room of VCs who know hardware is hard, can Jack convince them $1.5 million is enough to get Ha ... Show More
48m 23s
Aug 2024
You'll Wish You Dreamed Up These Ideas
Negotiations can be tricky, with investors typically digging into the weeds of every tiny facet of a business, from sales traction to overhead costs to team member qualifications. But this week, our board asked some unexpected questions that rattled contestants down to their core ... Show More
24m 59s
Apr 2020
#63 with Andrew Wilkinson - Buying cash-flowing internet companies, starting job boards and building no code projects
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are joined today by Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) who is the co-founder of Tiny (tinycapital.com) - the internet version of Berkshire Hathaway. Shaan also launched a newsletter version of the podcast, subscribe to it to receive startup idea ... Show More
1h 18m
Jan 2023
Investors Said No, Now What?
<p>Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss how you should handle rejection from investors and why you should "believe the no, not the why." <br>
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15m 50s
Mar 2024
How To Find Your First Customers
You've built a product, but how do you take it to market? And who even wants it? To answer that, we've set up a unique call between an entrepreneur and an expert. Birna Dröfn Birgisdóttir built a brainstorming tool called Bulby, and is now ready to take it to market — but isn't s ... Show More
34m 3s