Building software products has never been easy, so why are so many well-funded startups failing to take off, no matter how good their product is? In this season finale episode of Build Mode, our guest answers: Startups have focused too much on product development and not enough on delivery excellence. Paul Irving is a partner…
Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzag (Graham & Walker Ventures) lift the curtain on how VCs create their own go-to-market strategies – not only how they evaluate startups, but also how they win over LPs and founders. In this episode of Build Mode, they share their hard-won lessons from raising their first…
Altro co-founders Kyle Rudolph and John Walberg share how they turned their pro-athlete star power into a fundraising platform that gives their community the ability to donate to various organizations and win high-value prizes. In this episode of Build Mode, they explain how they leveraged their network to disrupt the charitable giving industry, from raising…
Isabelle leads Startup Battlefield, TechCrunch’s prestigious Launchpad and competition for the world’s most promising early-stage startups. You can contact Isabelle by email or verify outreach at isabelle.johannessen@techcrunch.com, She searches for top founders in 99+ countries and prepares them to pitch on the Disrupt platform to tier-one investors and global media. Prior to TechCrunch, he designed…
