Startup Project

Author: Nataraj Sindam

  • How to Angel Invest?

    Eric Bahn from Hustle Fund and Nataraj talk about how to get started on Angel Investing.

    Eric is the Co-Founder & General Partner at Hustle Fund. Hustle Fund recently raised Fund 3 and has $100M+ under management. Hustle Fund is known for investing in “hilariously early” startups, find more about them at https://www.hustlefund.vc/

    Full conversation includes:

    • Beat the GMAT (Eric’s Startup)
    • Defining hustle
    • Raising fund 1
    • First 10 investments
    • Building the brand

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

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  • #22 Sudip Chakrabarti: Partner Decibel.vc Ex Partner at A16Z, Lightspeed & Madrona

    In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Sudip from decibel.vc. Sudip started two companies and got his PhD in computer engineering at Georgia Tech before becoming a VC investor at Andreesson Horowitz, Lightspeed, and Madrona.

    Full conversation includes:

    • Building Decibel
    • Investing in Enterprise Software (Exabeam, DataCoral & Streamlio)
    • Working at A16Z & Madrona
    • Digital Ocean
    • & More

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam.

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  • Hyper Leverage (Bonus Clip)

    Nataraj & Harvey from RUV Alliance talk about Leverage. 

    For full conversation check out the links below:  

    Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC  & hosts thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam  & stay up to date here .

    #startups #leverage #economy #media #code #capital #shorts

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  • Secret Sauce behind Hustle Fund’s Brand! (Bonus Clip)

    Eric (Co-Founder of Hustle Fund) talks to Nataraj about how they built their brand. 

    Check out more about hustle fund here, https://www.hustlefund.vc/ .  

    Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC(https://angel.co/s/natarajusa/B8aAA ) & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam

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  • #21 Eric Bahn: Co-Founder & General Partner of Hustle Fund

    In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Eric Bahn, Co-Founder & General Partner at Hustle Fund. Hustle Fund recently raised Fund 3 and has $100M+ under management. Hustle Fund is known for investing in “hilariously early” startups, find more about them at https://www.hustlefund.vc/

    Full conversation includes:

    • Beat the GMAT (Eric’s Startup)
    • Defining hustle
    • Raising fund 1
    • First 10 investments
    • Building the brand

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  partner at NVC  & hosts thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam . You can also subscribe to his newsletter at getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject

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  • How to Earn Your Luck? (Bonus Clip)

    Shruti from Array.vc and nataraj talk about earning luck. 

    Full conversation available at:

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/08LJYjwwQPyseCkSEZohQA?si=4de30bec6b8340d2

    For more check out the startup project website at thestartupproject.io  

    #startups #luck #arrayvc

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  • Position your Company for Acquisitions (Bonus Clip)

    What can founders in early stage companies do position themselves for acquisitions.  

    Full Episode available on:

    YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMdazKrC0k

    Apple : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/17-founding-partner-of-ascend-vc-kirby-winfield-on/id1551300319?i=1000555322251&app=podcast  

    Website: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/03/26/17-founding-partner-of-ascend-vc-kirby-winfield-on-all-things-venture-startup-project-by-nataraj/

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    #startups #kirby #aquisitions

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  • #20 Mike Fridgen: Seattle based Startup Incubator Madrona Venture Labs

    In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Mike Fridgen, Managing Director at Madrona Venture Labs a Seattle based tech startup incubator. Some of the companies incubated include Style Genome (Acq by Wayfair ), Chatitive (Acq by MailChimp ), Message Yes (Acq by Nordstrom ) & more . Before joining Madrona Venture Labs Mike was part of founding teams at Farecast (Acq by Microsoft) & Decide (Acq by Ebay) where he led product and growth strategies.

    Full Conversation includes:

    • Farecast.com (Predicting prices) – Acquired by Microsoft
    • Decide.com (next gen consumer reports) – Acquired by Ebay
    • Through line across being part of multiple acquisitions
    • Incubating companies at Madrona Venture Labs
    • Relationship with Madrona Venture Group
    • Thematic focus behind companies incubated at Madrona Venture Labs

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  partner at NVC  & hosts  thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam. You can also subscribe to his newsletter at getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject

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  • No Momentum? You are Dead! (Bonus Clip)

    Nataraj and Ali (Founder of Stonks.com) talk what happens to a unknown company post their stonks pitch day. 

    For full version of this conversation check out the following links.  

    Full Video on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyaipwngZc&t=0s

    Website Link: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/03/05/15-stonks-com-ali-moiz-on-investing-streaming-stonks-startup-project-by-nataraj/

    #startups #stonks #fundraising

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  • #19 Shruti Gandhi: Founder Array.VC on B2B Investing

    In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Shruti Gandhi, GP of Array.VC.

    Shruthi Gandhi’s entry to venture is an interesting one. She started as an engineer and moved in to corporate venture capital. She is currently based in San Francisco & is the managing partner of Array Ventures, a solo GP fund. She did her masters in computer science from Columbia University.

    With Array.VC she invests in b2b enterprise companies, for more info check out her newsletter at shrutigandhi.substack.com.

    Full Conversation includes:

    • Transition from engineering to venture capital
    • Working at Corporate VC vs running your own fund
    • Raising first fund for Array.VC
    • Things to look out for first time fund managers
    • Push vs Pull investing
    • Cheque Sizes
    • Megatrons
    • Solo Brands in Venture

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    Startup Project podcast guests include Ali Moiz (Founder of stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    Startup Project is hosted by Nataraj, you can follow him on twitter at @natarajsindam.

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    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron, long time business journalist Todd Bishop or Angel Investor Sajid Rahman.