Tech startup mentoring
alan jones
Lesson brief
Update: I'm not coaching at the moment (trekking in India until beginning of July). Follow me on Twitter (@bigyahu) and request Coachy sessions now for early July. Lesson outline: I'll customise this class to you — what's bothering you most about your startup right now? What keeps you up at night? Feedback from past participants: "Your advice has saved me lots of time, effort and energy." "It's fantastic being able to access experts such as yourself with such vast business and startup knowledge and first hand experience through the Coachy site. It will help people like myself avoid making obvious mistakes." "I will shelve the business plan and financials and get outside validating customer wants, needs, benefits and willingness to buy at what price points." "I can't believe one of the simple approaches you mentioned that I overlooked: Letterdrop 1000 DL flyers and track number of enquiries and conversions."
My experience
Since 1995, I’ve consulted to early-stage companies and new product development teams, helping with online strategy for communications, product development and marketing. I draw on hands-on experience founding and co-founding web and mobile startups, as well as senior management experience in larger companies including Yahoo!, News Digital Media and Microsoft. I advise and invest in new Australian startups through Startmate and Pollenizer Ventures. I’m a co-founder of digital agency The New Agency, a director of Bugherd, a co-founder of PilatesSource, and one of the co-founders of Trainerplatform. I’m also the Social Media Director for TEDxSydney. I’m great at product strategy, pitch-doctoring, social media, community-building, online marketing and content licensing. I can: • Help you create a brand • Help you improve your pitch and site messaging • Help you learn how to write great blog posts and tweets • Help you refine your product strategy