Federico Cismondi's guest appearances

Federico Cismondi

Angel Invest Boston

David Chang

Brad Feld

Jason Calacanis

Jeff Coyle

Catherine White

Johnny Appleseed

Ed Roberts

Semyon Dukach

Jeff Arnold

David Ciccarelli

Howard Stevenson

Jay Shah

Mike Singer

Hall Martin

Chris Selland

OwlTail

Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click to Join Federico Cismondi, co-founder of Sal’s portfolio company doDoc, is back on the podcast to talk about the company’s acquisition and the lessons he learned from the initial raise to the exit. A charming and instructive conversation with a thoughtful founder.  Why Getting the Best Patent Advice is Indispensable Sal Daher Introduces Federico Cismondi, Co-Founder of doDoc Which Was Recently Acquired The Problem that doDoc Solves “This is the platform for those people who need workarounds because Google Docs just doesn't cut it for them, or Microsoft Word…” Federico, as CEO, Learned He Needed to Delegate More doDocs Pivot from Academic Clients to Pharmaceutical Clients doDoc’s Near-Death Experience and What Federico Learned from It doDoc Was Initially Built with Unsuitable Technology - Making a Dog Meow Entrepreneurship in Portugal - What Argentina and Portugal Have in Common How the Exit Came About “...we try to create settings for people to share their ideas, to present them and to run with them. Sometimes they don't even need the validation from a supervisor...in order to run with that idea…” Federico Cismondi Spoke with 1000 people to Get 24 Investors for doDoc Spending More Time with His Co-Founder Than with His Wife Federico Cismondi’s Parting Advice to Founders  Topics: co-founders, management, exits, culture, Techstars, software

Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: <a href="https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click to Join</a> Federico Cismondi, co-founder of Sal’s portfolio company doDoc, is back on the podcast to talk about the company’s acquisition and the lessons he learned from the initial raise to the exit. A charming and instructive conversation with a thoughtful founder. <ul> <li>Why Getting the Best Patent Advice is Indispensable</li> <li>Sal Daher Introduces Federico Cismondi, Co-Founder of doDoc Which Was Recently Acquired</li> <li>The Problem that doDoc Solves</li> <li>“This is the platform for those people who need workarounds because Google Docs just doesn't cut it for them, or Microsoft Word…”</li> <li>Federico, as CEO, Learned He Needed to Delegate More</li> <li>doDocs Pivot from Academic Clients to Pharmaceutical Clients</li> <li>doDoc’s Near-Death Experience and What Federico Learned from It</li> <li>doDoc Was Initially Built with Unsuitable Technology - Making a Dog Meow</li> <li>Entrepreneurship in Portugal - What Argentina and Portugal Have in Common</li> <li>How the Exit Came About</li> <li>“...we try to create settings for people to share their ideas, to present them and to run with them. Sometimes they don't even need the validation from a supervisor...in order to run with that idea…”</li> <li>Federico Cismondi Spoke with 1000 people to Get 24 Investors for doDoc</li> <li>Spending More Time with His Co-Founder Than with His Wife</li> <li>Federico Cismondi’s Parting Advice to Founders</li> </ul> Topics: co-founders, management, exits, culture, Techstars, software

Federico Cismondi, Founder - doDoc 2

Some of our most interesting founders are immigrants. That is certainly the case with Federico Cismondi, a bioengineer from MIT. His path began at the foothills of the Andes and has led Federico and his co-founders to build a company, doDoc that is radically changing how the world’s technology leaders handle complex documents. This was a scintillating interview. Highlights include:  doDoc is not your grandfather’s Google Docs, it’s more like Google Docs on super duper steroids. doDoc allows users to do things no other platform offers, for example an owner can share a portion of a document, not the entire document. On doDoc every piece of information is an object allowing great flexibility in privacy, accountability and presentation. Pharmaceutical companies appreciate that every key stroke is instantly auditable. This saves a lot of time for auditors and significantly reduces the risk of mistakes. doDoc’s founders are from Argentina and Portugal and yet was founded in Cambridge. It probably has the best soccer team of any Cambridge startup! Los tres amigos, Carlos, Paulo &amp; Federico knew they wanted to build a company but were searching for an idea. Their first idea was to help in scientific collaboration where massive documents are common. Competition is MS Word, MS SharePoint, Viva. doDoc’s features make it valuable to integrate with existing offerings. Techstars allowed doDoc to expand its connections to investors in Boston. Portugal is becoming a dynamic place for startups. A long journey to get product/market fit, now the company is focusing on scaling up First pivot was from research to industry. Money sparing vs. time sparing. Shortening the time to market for pharmaceutical companies is highly important economically. Entry point includes the regulatory group, another is quality also R&amp;D. In early raises doDoc did not use mentors; now they do. Frankness and good communication are really essential. doDoc manages investors with a formal and methodical sales process. Federico was initially drawn into nuclear medicine by an inspiring teacher and eventually built a company in the space. An introduction to building software. Federico’s advice is to hire fast. Get the new hires involved in hiring new people. Read your family into the ups and downs of your company so they are prepared to support you. The relationship with co-founders requires really good communication. 

Some of our most interesting founders are immigrants. That is certainly the case with Federico Cismondi, a bioengineer from MIT. His path began at the foothills of the Andes and has led Federico and his co-founders to build a company, doDoc that is radically changing how the world’s technology leaders handle complex documents. This was a scintillating interview. Highlights include: <ul> <li>doDoc is not your grandfather’s Google Docs, it’s more like Google Docs on super duper steroids.</li> <li>doDoc allows users to do things no other platform offers, for example an owner can share a portion of a document, not the entire document.</li> <li>On doDoc every piece of information is an object allowing great flexibility in privacy, accountability and presentation.</li> <li>Pharmaceutical companies appreciate that every key stroke is instantly auditable. This saves a lot of time for auditors and significantly reduces the risk of mistakes.</li> <li>doDoc’s founders are from Argentina and Portugal and yet was founded in Cambridge. It probably has the best soccer team of any Cambridge startup!</li> <li>Los tres amigos, Carlos, Paulo &amp; Federico knew they wanted to build a company but were searching for an idea. Their first idea was to help in scientific collaboration where massive documents are common.</li> <li>Competition is MS Word, MS SharePoint, Viva. doDoc’s features make it valuable to integrate with existing offerings.</li> <li>Techstars allowed doDoc to expand its connections to investors in Boston.</li> <li>Portugal is becoming a dynamic place for startups.</li> <li>A long journey to get product/market fit, now the company is focusing on scaling up</li> <li>First pivot was from research to industry. Money sparing vs. time sparing.</li> <li>Shortening the time to market for pharmaceutical companies is highly important economically.</li> <li>Entry point includes the regulatory group, another is quality also R&amp;D.</li> <li>In early raises doDoc did not use mentors; now they do. Frankness and good communication are really essential.</li> <li>doDoc manages investors with a formal and methodical sales process.</li> <li>Federico was initially drawn into nuclear medicine by an inspiring teacher and eventually built a company in the space. An introduction to building software.</li> <li>Federico’s advice is to hire fast. Get the new hires involved in hiring new people.</li> <li>Read your family into the ups and downs of your company so they are prepared to support you.</li> <li>The relationship with co-founders requires really good communication.</li> </ul>

Federico Cismondi, Founder "From Postodoc to doDoc"