Michael Sidler's guest appearances

Michael Sidler

The Blockchain and Us: Conversations about the brave new world of blockchains, cryptoassets, and the

Startup Stories: Entrepreneurship Education & Startup Training by Europe’s Founders

Scaleup Valley Podcast

Fire Shut Up In My Bones

Anne Connelly

John Hargrave

Don Tapscott

Toni Lane Casserly

Joe Lubin

Jonas Schnelli

Christian Decker

Saifedean Ammous

Tim Campbell

Joe Boyd

Larry Brown

Jack Tatar

Trent McConaghy

Joey Krug

James Bible

OwlTail

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This episode is part of our EXPERT SERIES, in which we interview experts in the startup and business ecosystem, like investors and lawyers. Today I’m excited to share with you an interview my partner and I did with Michael Sidler from Redalpine, a seed stage venture capital firm investing in high tech companies in the field of ICT (internet/media/mobile) and Life Sciences. In our conversation we cover many of the questions we asked ourselves as founders when it comes to investors, like “how do you get in touch with investors?”, “how do you keep investors interested in your story?”, “what are the good and the bad sides of having an investor on board?” and “what are the most common mistakes made by founders when it comes to dealing with investors”? We had never met Michael before and the fact that he took time out of his day to answer our questions just goes to show how serious some investors can be about helping entrepreneurs succeed, and I’m super grateful to have had such an insightful conversation about topics that aren’t really talked about enough. And I’m excited to now share this conversation with all of you. Enjoy!IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, GIVE US A FIVE STAR REVIEW ON APPLE PODCAST.We covered the following topics:About RedalpineWhat kind of startups do they invest inHow are they helping these startups succeed, concretely (with examples)Contacting InvestorsHow do I know if my startup is ‘scalable’ enough for VC’s?At what point should founders start contacting investors?How much traction is needed, e.g. with an e-commerce startup?How do you keep investors interested in your project, e.g. if it’s too early?The good and the badWhat are the ‘bad sides’ of having VC’s on board? What should founders expect?What experiences has he made where the startup and the investors clashed together?What’s the most common mistake founders do, and how can they fix it?IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE THIS EPISODE, LET US KNOW HERE

This episode is part of our EXPERT SERIES, in which we interview experts in the startup and business ecosystem, like investors and lawyers. Today I’m excited to share with you an interview my partner and I did with Michael Sidler from Redalpine, a seed stage venture capital firm investing in high tech companies in the field of ICT (internet/media/mobile) and Life Sciences. In our conversation we cover many of the questions we asked ourselves as founders when it comes to investors, like “how do you get in touch with investors?”, “how do you keep investors interested in your story?”, “what are the good and the bad sides of having an investor on board?” and “what are the most common mistakes made by founders when it comes to dealing with investors”? We had never met Michael before and the fact that he took time out of his day to answer our questions just goes to show how serious some investors can be about helping entrepreneurs succeed, and I’m super grateful to have had such an insightful conversation about topics that aren’t really talked about enough. And I’m excited to now share this conversation with all of you. Enjoy! IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, GIVE US A FIVE STAR REVIEW ON APPLE PODCAST. We covered the following topics: About Redalpine What kind of startups do they invest in How are they helping these startups succeed, concretely (with examples) Contacting Investors How do I know if my startup is ‘scalable’ enough for VC’s? At what point should founders start contacting investors? How much traction is needed, e.g. with an e-commerce startup? How do you keep investors interested in your project, e.g. if it’s too early? The good and the bad What are the ‘bad sides’ of having VC’s on board? What should founders expect? What experiences has he made where the startup and the investors clashed together? What’s the most common mistake founders do, and how can they fix it? IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE THIS EPISODE, LET US KNOW HERE

EXPERT SERIES: How to keep investors intrigued about your startup w/ Redalpine cofounding partner Michael Sidler

Michael Sidler speaks about how blockchain technology and ICOs impact venture capital, how he analyzes investment opportunities in the crypto and blockchain space, characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, why he prefers "movies to snapshots", the importance of a good network, which themes in the blockchain space he finds most interesting, tokenizing portfolio companies and VC funds, how VCs compete with ICOs, new business models that blockchains enable, what's missing in most white papers, what entrepreneurs misunderstand about rolling out their ideas, how the dot.com bubble compares with the ICO frenzy, and much more.Michael Sidler has co-founded Redalpine Venture Partners in Zurich/Switzerland in 2007 and acts as General Partner for Redalpine Capital I, Redalpine Capital II and Redalpine Capital III. Before Redalpine, Michael was responsible for corporate investments and M&amp;A at Prionics, a Biotech company in Switzerland. From 1998 to 2003, Michael was with The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant and Project Leader in eBanking, Insurance, Automotive, and other domains. Michael Sidler has a PhD in Life Sciences from University of Zurich. He is a member of several organizations, juries and boards for the support of innovation and startups (Venturekick, Technopark Zurich, Swiss Startup Finance), a coach for the Swiss governmental program Innosuisse, and he leads the VC chapter of the Swiss Private Equity &amp; Corporate Finance Association (SECA).Michael Sidler: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidler, http://www.twitter.com/michael_sidlerRedalpine Venture Partners: http://www.redalpine.com, http://www.twitter.com/redalpineMany thanks to our advertisers who support this podcast!This episode is brought to you by Descartes Finance. Descartes is the leading Swiss digital wealth manager, providing its products and services to individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, banks, and asset managers. Its investment strategies lead the way. They harness the latest know-how as only a digital investment advisor can. To learn more, please visit www.descartes-finance.com.

Michael Sidler speaks about how blockchain technology and ICOs impact venture capital, how he analyzes investment opportunities in the crypto and blockchain space, characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, why he prefers "movies to snapshots", the importance of a good network, which themes in the blockchain space he finds most interesting, tokenizing portfolio companies and VC funds, how VCs compete with ICOs, new business models that blockchains enable, what's missing in most white papers, what entrepreneurs misunderstand about rolling out their ideas, how the <a href="http://dot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dot.com</a> bubble compares with the ICO frenzy, and much more. Michael Sidler has co-founded Redalpine Venture Partners in Zurich/Switzerland in 2007 and acts as General Partner for Redalpine Capital I, Redalpine Capital II and Redalpine Capital III. Before Redalpine, Michael was responsible for corporate investments and M&amp;A at Prionics, a Biotech company in Switzerland. From 1998 to 2003, Michael was with The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant and Project Leader in eBanking, Insurance, Automotive, and other domains. Michael Sidler has a PhD in Life Sciences from University of Zurich. He is a member of several organizations, juries and boards for the support of innovation and startups (Venturekick, Technopark Zurich, Swiss Startup Finance), a coach for the Swiss governmental program Innosuisse, and he leads the VC chapter of the Swiss Private Equity &amp; Corporate Finance Association (SECA). Michael Sidler: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidler</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/michael_sidler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/michael_sidler</a> Redalpine Venture Partners: <a href="http://www.redalpine.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.redalpine.com</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/redalpine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/redalpine</a> Many thanks to our advertisers who support this podcast! This episode is brought to you by Descartes Finance. Descartes is the leading Swiss digital wealth manager, providing its products and services to individuals, family offices, charitable organizations, banks, and asset managers. Its investment strategies lead the way. They harness the latest know-how as only a digital investment advisor can. To learn more, please visit <a href="http://www.descartes-finance.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.descartes-finance.com</a>.

Michael Sidler - How the Blockchain Disrupts Venture Capital