Jay Batson's guest appearances

Jay Batson

Angel Invest Boston

Shai's podcast

Gulf War Side Effects

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

Sponsored by Peter Fasse, Patent Attorney at Fish &amp; Richardson: https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/ Jay Batson is an angel investor’s angel investor. He’s the kind of guy who people like me, and lots of other people, go to ask really tough questions about angel investing. And, he always has really thoughtful ideas. Whenever I’m puzzling over something, I reach out to Jay. If I can get 10 minutes of his time it’s really precious. I really recommend this relaunch of my first interview with Jay Batson.   It is rare to hear reports from the frontiers of technology expressed so lucidly and accessibly by a real insider. This gem of an interview rewards the listener with Jay’s sensible and eloquently expressed explanations of the pitfalls of building products and companies. Jay recounts how angel investing taught him things he wishes he had known as a founder. He closes with wise words to recent college grads thinking of founding a startup. Jay Batson started out as a land man helping oil and gas explorers secure drilling rights. Computerizing part of his work led to his first startup. This made him realize that he loved technology. He would eventually embody this passion for tech in the founding of two venture-backed companies which brought significant innovation by way of the open source movement. Here are some of the topics included in this podcast:  Sal Daher’s Intro: “Jay Batson is an angel investor’s angel investor.” Jay Batson Bio Born to a Family of Entrepreneurs – Land Man Studying Law at Night – Tech Founder Jay Batson Exits first Startup – Learns UNIX &amp; C - Heads to Job with BBN in Boston – Massively Parallel Computing Jay Batson Goes from Engineering to Product Management At Forrester Research, Jay Batson Foresaw some of the Internet’s Potential Desktop Internet Phone – Pingtel – SIP – Bits of Code We still Use Today The Story of Acquia Open Source Primer Jay Batson Gets into Angel Investing What Jay Batson Looks for In a Startup What Jay Batson Has Learned from Being an Angel Investor Technique Jay Batson Uses in Mentoring Startups What Do Startups Most Frequently Not Do Well? Jay Batson Relates the Story of Pingtel’s Pivot Jay Batson’s Eloquent Statement of the Value of a Working Board of Directors Jay Batson’s Advice to Recent College Grads Thinking of Founding a Company  Topics: software, product, management, exits, boards, discovering entrepreneurship, founding story

Sponsored by Peter Fasse, Patent Attorney at Fish &amp; Richardson: <a href="https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/</a> Jay Batson is an angel investor’s angel investor. He’s the kind of guy who people like me, and lots of other people, go to ask really tough questions about angel investing. And, he always has really thoughtful ideas. Whenever I’m puzzling over something, I reach out to Jay. If I can get 10 minutes of his time it’s really precious. I really recommend this relaunch of my first interview with Jay Batson.   It is rare to hear reports from the frontiers of technology expressed so lucidly and accessibly by a real insider. This gem of an interview rewards the listener with Jay’s sensible and eloquently expressed explanations of the pitfalls of building products and companies. Jay recounts how angel investing taught him things he wishes he had known as a founder. He closes with wise words to recent college grads thinking of founding a startup. Jay Batson started out as a land man helping oil and gas explorers secure drilling rights. Computerizing part of his work led to his first startup. This made him realize that he loved technology. He would eventually embody this passion for tech in the founding of two venture-backed companies which brought significant innovation by way of the open source movement. Here are some of the topics included in this podcast: <ul> <li>Sal Daher’s Intro: “Jay Batson is an angel investor’s angel investor.”</li> <li>Jay Batson Bio</li> <li>Born to a Family of Entrepreneurs – Land Man Studying Law at Night – Tech Founder</li> <li>Jay Batson Exits first Startup – Learns UNIX &amp; C - Heads to Job with BBN in Boston – Massively Parallel Computing</li> <li>Jay Batson Goes from Engineering to Product Management</li> <li>At Forrester Research, Jay Batson Foresaw some of the Internet’s Potential</li> <li>Desktop Internet Phone – Pingtel – SIP – Bits of Code We still Use Today</li> <li>The Story of Acquia</li> <li>Open Source Primer</li> <li>Jay Batson Gets into Angel Investing</li> <li>What Jay Batson Looks for In a Startup</li> <li>What Jay Batson Has Learned from Being an Angel Investor</li> <li>Technique Jay Batson Uses in Mentoring Startups</li> <li>What Do Startups Most Frequently Not Do Well?</li> <li>Jay Batson Relates the Story of Pingtel’s Pivot</li> <li>Jay Batson’s Eloquent Statement of the Value of a Working Board of Directors</li> <li>Jay Batson’s Advice to Recent College Grads Thinking of Founding a Company</li> </ul> Topics: software, product, management, exits, boards, discovering entrepreneurship, founding story

Jay Batson - Open Source Dude

Join Sal's Syndicate: Click Here “So, there's been a hole in the market for that kind of company that's going to be a great company that's not venture-scale.” Repeat founder and super angel Jay Batson talks about his new passion: Revenue-Based Finance. He likes the possibility it opens up for startups that are great but not quite venture-scale. Learn what RBF does for founders and investors. Highlights include:  Sal’s Intro Jay Batson’s Bio Acquia &amp; Drupal Revenue-Based Finance Is Introduced The Debt Model vs. The Equity Model “Well, the problem is, there's kind of a hole in the middle, because banks don't like to take risks that startups pose.” “So, venture capital is great if your company is the kind of company that will provide large capital gains to the investor.” “…venture investors tend to say, "Is this a company that could create a billion-dollar company?"” …"This isn't a venture-scale company,"… “So, there's been a hole in the market for that kind of company that's going to be a great company that's not venture-scale.” Wistia as an Example of a Great Company that’s Not Venture-Scale Being Venture-Scale Means You Have to Grow at All Costs “So, the investor makes money by the entrepreneur's business generating the revenue to provide the investor the returns; the entrepreneur retains ownership of the company during the duration.” “…your returns that you see as percentages on your money, are really going to be defined on how fast the entrepreneur repays you.” “It's not venture-scale, but it's going to be a fine company, thank you very much, but it needs an influx of cash to help grow the go-to-market.” “...we want RBF to be the kind of thing that's notable and well-known for something that people do in Boston.” Sal Talks About His Investment in Gelesis Jay Batson and Sal Discuss Various Aspects of the Current Crisis and How Startups Might Respond “…this won't be the first time you've had to embrace the suck, you know? It's kind of part of the deal of being a founder and being an entrepreneur.” “And then, I hate to say this, but now's the time to cut costs kind of hard and fast, and this may mean cutting some people. And that's really hard to do.” “It's not even just snagging other companies, Sal, it's snagging customers.” “…the things that are happening in the stock market in terms of valuations are probably going to happen to you.” 

Join Sal's Syndicate: <a href="https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click Here</a> “So, there's been a hole in the market for that kind of company that's going to be a great company that's not venture-scale.” Repeat founder and super angel Jay Batson talks about his new passion: Revenue-Based Finance. He likes the possibility it opens up for startups that are great but not quite venture-scale. Learn what RBF does for founders and investors. Highlights include: <ul> <li>Sal’s Intro</li> <li>Jay Batson’s Bio</li> <li>Acquia &amp; Drupal</li> <li>Revenue-Based Finance Is Introduced</li> <li>The Debt Model vs. The Equity Model</li> <li>“Well, the problem is, there's kind of a hole in the middle, because banks don't like to take risks that startups pose.”</li> <li>“So, venture capital is great if your company is the kind of company that will provide large capital gains to the investor.”</li> <li>“…venture investors tend to say, "Is this a company that could create a billion-dollar company?"”</li> <li>…"This isn't a venture-scale company,"…</li> <li>“So, there's been a hole in the market for that kind of company that's going to be a great company that's not venture-scale.”</li> <li>Wistia as an Example of a Great Company that’s Not Venture-Scale</li> <li>Being Venture-Scale Means You Have to Grow at All Costs</li> <li>“So, the investor makes money by the entrepreneur's business generating the revenue to provide the investor the returns; the entrepreneur retains ownership of the company during the duration.”</li> <li>“…your returns that you see as percentages on your money, are really going to be defined on how fast the entrepreneur repays you.”</li> <li>“It's not venture-scale, but it's going to be a fine company, thank you very much, but it needs an influx of cash to help grow the go-to-market.”</li> <li>“...we want RBF to be the kind of thing that's notable and well-known for something that people do in Boston.”</li> <li>Sal Talks About His Investment in Gelesis</li> <li>Jay Batson and Sal Discuss Various Aspects of the Current Crisis and How Startups Might Respond</li> <li>“…this won't be the first time you've had to embrace the suck, you know? It's kind of part of the deal of being a founder and being an entrepreneur.”</li> <li>“And then, I hate to say this, but now's the time to cut costs kind of hard and fast, and this may mean cutting some people. And that's really hard to do.”</li> <li>“It's not even just snagging other companies, Sal, it's snagging customers.”</li> <li>“…the things that are happening in the stock market in terms of valuations are probably going to happen to you.”</li> </ul>

Jay Batson on Revenue-Based Finance

Drupal's project lead Dries Buytaert and the new CEO of Acquia Jay Batson introduce Acquia to the Drupal community. Acquia is to Drupal what Red Hat is to Linux and Zend is to PHP. The establishment of Acquia aims to energize the Drupal community, support it creating a symbiotic relationship which will result in growing the Drupal community and increasing the impact of Drupal. See photos from the session.

Drupal's project lead Dries Buytaert and the new CEO of Acquia Jay Batson introduce Acquia to the Drupal community. Acquia is to Drupal what Red Hat is to Linux and Zend is to PHP. The establishment of Acquia aims to energize the Drupal community, support it creating a symbiotic relationship which will result in growing the Drupal community and increasing the impact of Drupal. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sgluskin/sets/72157604041412955/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">See photos from the session.</a>

Presenting Acquia: Jay Batson and Dries Buytaert