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Dharmesh Raithatha

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For many product people, it’s a dream to get in early at a startup — or to start their own. Unless you have the ability to bootstrap, that means you’ll need access to money, which often means working with venture capital. That can be a mysterious and scary world, so we asked Dharmesh Raithatha, CPO [...] Read more »The post Product and VC: What You Need to Know – Dharmesh Raithatha appeared first on Mind the Product.

For many product people, it’s a dream to get in early at a startup — or to start their own. Unless you have the ability to bootstrap, that means you’ll need access to money, which often means working with venture capital. That can be a mysterious and scary world, so we asked Dharmesh Raithatha, CPO [...] <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-and-vc-what-you-need-to-know-dharmesh-raithatha/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more »</a>The post <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/product-and-vc-what-you-need-to-know-dharmesh-raithatha/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Product and VC: What You Need to Know – Dharmesh Raithatha</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mind the Product</a>.

Product and VC: What You Need to Know – Dharmesh Raithatha

Dharmesh Raithatha is the Product Partner at Forward Partners. He works with idea stage investments on product, growth and business strategy. He has a passion for User Research, Lean UX and using data to inform decision making. Dharmesh has over 15 years in product roles for companies like Mind Candy and the BBC. He has founded 2 startups and successfully sold one. A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data used in today's episode and can find out more about Mattermark here!  In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Dharmesh make his way into the world of VC? 2.) How has Dharmesh's startup driven past, altered his investment pattern? What are the benefits and weaknesses to this kind of operational experience? 3.) At Forward there Open Office Hours where people come and share ideas, so what is it about the ideas you like that make them good, what makes the bad ones bad? 4.) What are Dharmesh's tips or advice for idea creation and brainstorming? 5.) What would Dharmesh advice non-technical people looking to found a tech startup? 6.) What does Dharmesh believe makes a great founder? Has he seen any commonalities in the great founders he has worked with? 7.) What should teams focus on in the first 100 days of their startup? What is the 20% that produces 80% of the results? Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Dharmesh's Fave Book:  How To Create A Product Customers Love by Marty Cagan Dharmesh's Fave Newsletter: Silicon Valley Product Group Dharmesh's Most Recent Investment: The Gifting Company As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Dharmesh on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   I would like to say a huge thank you to our sponsor for today's show: LoyaltyBay. Have you ever wished more of your website visitors would convert into a sale, signup or referral? If so, you need Loyalty Bay. With their saas conversion optimizer tool they increase any conversion metric by offering potential customers a choice of personalised rewards to get them to convert. They work with large enterprises like Virgin Media through to startups and have increased conversions on average by over 100%. Free 30 day trial at www.loyaltybay.co.uk

<a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiazYSjjNnJAhXFthoKHce1AGsQ6F4IIzAB&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdhrmshr%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;usg=AFQjCNHW2yCxxDz5stq6kTVPP-a2vdbY3A&amp;sig2=18hPvRst76mnNsrkMhntag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dharmesh Raithatha</a> is the Product Partner at <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjL57LJjNnJAhWBRBoKHZ__C0sQFgggMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forwardpartners.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNELhtF6qzay8MzU_8rDBBiPnZcpYQ&amp;sig2=mVxNdMcXaUwtV26XkoUY4g&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forward Partners</a>. He works with idea stage investments on product, growth and business strategy. He has a passion for User Research, Lean UX and using data to inform decision making. Dharmesh has over 15 years in product roles for companies like <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjCoa3SjNnJAhWIBBoKHZtMBp4QFgggMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmindcandy.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNHWcQ36dygw5Qn5jmAMF9IIkP6lSw&amp;sig2=2XemfWeVUG-rBjl1OTyBmg&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mind Candy</a> and the BBC. He has founded 2 startups and successfully sold one. A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data used in today's episode and can find out more about Mattermark <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj6u87ajNnJAhUKPxoKHYyJCaoQFggfMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmattermark.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNGS1GizFfX_87cHW7YEFmP-Y5Dpcg&amp;sig2=LWNmTUfIlxmeIU0DKr1SWw&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here! </a> In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Dharmesh make his way into the world of VC? 2.) How has Dharmesh's startup driven past, altered his investment pattern? What are the benefits and weaknesses to this kind of operational experience? 3.) At Forward there Open Office Hours where people come and share ideas, so what is it about the ideas you like that make them good, what makes the bad ones bad? 4.) What are Dharmesh's tips or advice for idea creation and brainstorming? 5.) What would Dharmesh advice non-technical people looking to found a tech startup? 6.) What does Dharmesh believe makes a great founder? Has he seen any commonalities in the great founders he has worked with? 7.) What should teams focus on in the first 100 days of their startup? What is the 20% that produces 80% of the results? Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Dharmesh's Fave Book:  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981690408/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0981690408&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc-20&amp;linkId=ZEHOH2222JCAOPZQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How To Create A Product Customers Love by Marty Cagan</a> Dharmesh's Fave Newsletter: <a href="http://svpg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silicon Valley Product Group</a> Dharmesh's Most Recent Investment: <a href="https://thegiftingco.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gifting Company</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjM7Of2tqHJAhXJPxoKHT39BtUQFgghMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fharrystebbings%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6KlmFwsIYJkOKRioQuLqGOR0U0w&amp;sig2=9fTWx_wxUPA_kDewWowblQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjQ4uqDt6HJAhVGthoKHeqiAzoQFgggMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwentyminutevc%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcygppyqTNaiuOUOohQIk-Qg-1jQ&amp;sig2=PcwrydIh2bLpzXgiVDWl6Q&amp;bvm=bv.108194040,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiazYSjjNnJAhXFthoKHce1AGsQ6F4IIzAB&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdhrmshr%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;usg=AFQjCNHW2yCxxDz5stq6kTVPP-a2vdbY3A&amp;sig2=18hPvRst76mnNsrkMhntag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dharmesh</a> on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjCu4uct6HJAhVC1xoKHZYUDcQQFgggMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhstebbings1996%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtFYDxBhu0dYWDcFHs06UosnBKzQ&amp;sig2=WQQQF0EWBsolOgEYF93wFg&amp;bvm=bv.108194040,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow him on Instagram here!</a> I would like to say a huge thank you to our sponsor for today's show: LoyaltyBay. Have you ever wished more of your website visitors would convert into a sale, signup or referral? 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20 VC 096: Developing The Idea Muscle and VCs Providing More Than Just Money with Dharmesh Raithatha, Partner @ Forward Partners