Startup Ideas That Attract VC Funding with John Zeratsky
Event details
Join us for a candid discussion with John Zeratsky, designer, investor, and author of the Sprint Book and Make Time.
Discussion topics
- What founders need to do first in order to attract venture capital
- Signals that John looks for when looking to invest in startup ideas
- Early Phase Discovery
- Product Validation
- Design Sprints
Segments
00:00 - Introductions
01:11 - John's Background
07:15 - Design Sprint Process & Approach
09:50 - Shaping the Market and Decision Making
13:26 - Considerations when Investing and "Opportunity Sprints"
15:30 - Feedback Lens & Failed Investments
17:36 - Transition from Google Ventures to Investing
21:51 - How John is Working with Startups Now
24:14 - What Startups Need to Attract VC Funding
30:03 - I Have a Startup Idea What Next?
34:53 - When to Raise Capital for Startups
39:43 - Discovery of Opportunities and Preparation
43:02 - Partnership/Multiplier Model
44:56 - How to Validate Startup Ideas Successfully
48:39 - Future Outlook
52:18 - Q&A
About John Zeratsky
In the first chapter of his career, John spent nearly 15 years as a designer, helping small teams build new products and bring them to market.
John was an early employee at FeedBurner in Chicago, which was acquired by Google in 2007. At Google, he led design for AdWords Editor and DoubleClick Search. In 2010, he moved to San Francisco to work at YouTube. He was part of an internal startup team that created the YouTube Channels platform, which launched in early 2012.
From 2011–2017, John was a partner at venture-capital firm GV (Google Ventures), where I helped develop the design sprint process and personally supported many of GV’s most successful investments, including Slack, One Medical Group, Flatiron Health, Blue Bottle Coffee, Gusto, and Digit.
Since 2017, John has worked with Netflix, Associated Bank, IDEO, Caterpillar, King Wood & Mallesons, Google, Schneider Electric, Airbnb, and many more. He has presented at conferences including Google I/O, The Code Conference, and INDUSTRY. John has even given guest lectures at Harvard University, London School of Economics, and the University of Michigan, among others.
In 2020, John began to invest in startups as an angel and advisor.
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Startup Ideas That Attract VC Funding with John Zeratsky
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Join us for a candid discussion with John Zeratsky, designer, investor, and author of the Sprint Book and Make Time.
Discussion topics
- What founders need to do first in order to attract venture capital
- Signals that John looks for when looking to invest in startup ideas
- Early Phase Discovery
- Product Validation
- Design Sprints
Segments
00:00 - Introductions
01:11 - John's Background
07:15 - Design Sprint Process & Approach
09:50 - Shaping the Market and Decision Making
13:26 - Considerations when Investing and "Opportunity Sprints"
15:30 - Feedback Lens & Failed Investments
17:36 - Transition from Google Ventures to Investing
21:51 - How John is Working with Startups Now
24:14 - What Startups Need to Attract VC Funding
30:03 - I Have a Startup Idea What Next?
34:53 - When to Raise Capital for Startups
39:43 - Discovery of Opportunities and Preparation
43:02 - Partnership/Multiplier Model
44:56 - How to Validate Startup Ideas Successfully
48:39 - Future Outlook
52:18 - Q&A
About John Zeratsky
In the first chapter of his career, John spent nearly 15 years as a designer, helping small teams build new products and bring them to market.
John was an early employee at FeedBurner in Chicago, which was acquired by Google in 2007. At Google, he led design for AdWords Editor and DoubleClick Search. In 2010, he moved to San Francisco to work at YouTube. He was part of an internal startup team that created the YouTube Channels platform, which launched in early 2012.
From 2011–2017, John was a partner at venture-capital firm GV (Google Ventures), where I helped develop the design sprint process and personally supported many of GV’s most successful investments, including Slack, One Medical Group, Flatiron Health, Blue Bottle Coffee, Gusto, and Digit.
Since 2017, John has worked with Netflix, Associated Bank, IDEO, Caterpillar, King Wood & Mallesons, Google, Schneider Electric, Airbnb, and many more. He has presented at conferences including Google I/O, The Code Conference, and INDUSTRY. John has even given guest lectures at Harvard University, London School of Economics, and the University of Michigan, among others.
In 2020, John began to invest in startups as an angel and advisor.
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