The exponential founder: Recent Episodes
Dan Batten
Inside tips and coaching points to optimise the performance of a tech company - for the board member, investor and ecosystem of supporters of the tech founder
Angel investors, fund managers and High Net Worth investors are either winning or losing they best deal flow based on a specific combination of EQ, behaviour and values. This episode looks at what this combination is, and specific ways to communicate that will maximise your chances of investment in the best, without impacting the rigour of your due diligence
Many board members never get trained in how to be a director beyond low level governance. Worse they offer advise that isn’t required to founders who ha want asked for it. And they create an adversarial environment which puts tech companies on a path to failure. It there are some definite ways to avoid these pitfalls and help model the high standards you want your tech-CEO to exhibit. This podcast discusses how to do that.
Tech companies follow some very different growth-rules to non-tech companies. But they absolutely follow rules. There are definite ways to tell if your tech-investment is on-track. But they are not the measures you’re used to and by applying the measures you’re used to from non-business, to tech business you can do significant damage to your investment.