Jonas sits down with Andy Salo, founder and CEO of Yigdigs (http://www.yigdigs.com). Yigdigs is a Real Estate For Sale by Owner webservice. Andy discusses his journey from executive to entrepreneur.
Jonas talks with Brian Massey - the Conversion Scientist. They discuss the art and science of turning browsers into buyers.
Jonas introduces Cristi Jakubik – the newest Partner at Tech Ranch Austin. Cristi is a marketing expert who recently migrated to Austin from Silicon Valley. She ran marketing programs at several Bay Area startups and received an MBA from Stanford. You can contact her at cristi@techranchaustin.com.
Tech Ranch Austin is excited to announce our next program for emerging technology entrepreneurs: Tech Ranch Venture Forth. The Venture Forth Program is all about accelerating venture success with a goal of getting your idea to the market as quickly as possible - testing and correcting along the way.
Do you have an idea for the next insanely great product or service? Are you having a hard time figuring out how you can step away from your current gig to launch your venture? Have you launched your venture and are now trying to scale it? Are you looking for the right team to make your venture pop? Do you need up to $100,000 in pro-bono services and access to experts? If so, read the rest of the story and sign up to attend here: http://techranchaustin.com/ventureforth
My friend Trevor Blackwell is a partner in Silicon Valley tech incubator Y Combinator. Trevor and his partners have done an awesome job in identifying, nurturing and accelerating software ventures. They have also had an amazing run of great PR for their ventures and themselves.
At the Web 2.0 Summit this week, Y Combinator ventures were everywhere, and they definitely had their 15 minutes in the limelight. One of the most relevant themes at the summit was how to effeciently fund startups in the downturn. From CIO Magazine, we pass along the profiles of 7 members of the Y Combinator portfolio to keep your eyes on.
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