BADideas.fund

About Janis Brugis- 10Y+ in email deliverability- Ramp ($1.4B in funding), part of Martal- ex- Pipedrive- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-brugis-62840bb1/About BADideas.fund:BADideas.fund is an early stage angel syndicate, led by helpful founders & operators, that provides €50K-€200K funding for CEE startups. Since launching at TechChill '22, we have invested over €3M in 25+, startups, and our global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.Our members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M raised), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).

About Suhas Ghante- 2x 500 Startups alum, 3x COO, and 4x advisor to high-growth startups- Early executive at Innovaccer ($3.2B valuation)- Former advisor at Shef (YC W19 $74M Series B)- 8 years in Silicon Valley- Featured mentor at Swissnex, Spain Tech Center, Founder Institute- Currently COO at ChatWith.io and Partner at SVethos- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhasghante/About BADideas.fund:BADideas.fund is an early stage angel syndicate, led by helpful founders & operators, that provides €50K-€200K funding for CEE startups. Since launching at TechChill '22, we have invested over €2M, and our global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.Our members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M raised), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).

00:00 Marijus' background03:25 What is easier - to be a founder or an investor?05:30 How the founder mindset helps Marijus be a better investor08:00 5 non-negotiables to make an investment decision11:25 Founders - the one thing that matters17:05 What makes Baltic founders stand out21:35 Signal vs noise in startup building22:55 Building in stealth vs public23:50 Marijus' take on the bigger pictureAbout Marijus Andrijauskas:- Partner at FIRSTPICK, an early stage venture capital fund focused on Baltic tech founders- Serial founder, including Teamgate (acquired by Xenon Partners), Ventury.app- 15Y experience in tech strategy, sales, marketing, business development and operations- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marijus-andrijauskas/ About BADideas.fund:BADideas.fund is an early stage angel syndicate, led by helpful founders & operators, that provides €50K-€200K funding for CEE startups. Since launching at TechChill '22, we have invested over €2M, and our global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.Our members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M raised), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).

00:00 Girts' bio: Engineer to angel investor04:45 What Girts is looking for in a startup10:00 Top 3 red flags for investors20:40 The big startup ideas of tomorrow24:55 Where to find GirtsAbout Girts Graudins:- ex-Director, Engineering at Twilio- Built SDK Platform org, built and launched multiple products- Scaled Twilio Video 10x- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/girts/- Twitter: @girtisAbout BADideas.fund:BADideas.fund is an early stage angel syndicate, led by helpful founders & operators, that provides €50K-€200K funding for CEE startups. Since launching at TechChill '22, we have invested over €2M, and our global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.Our members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M raised), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).

00:00 Ross' bio02:20 How to think about and forecast growth models05:50 How Vimeo scaled 4x user growth and 3x revenue growth, and how Braid 09:15 How Braid went from 0 to $1M revenue in under 6M12:20 Quantitative growth model in action. Step 1 - Set up & inputs.23:20 Step 2 - The 1% exercise24:30 Step 3 - Action items25:10 Step 4 - Measuring impact & reiteration31:00 When to build the first growth model37:00 How to reach RossResources:- End-to-end growth creation plan at Braid: https://www.reforge.com/artifacts/end...- How to build a growth-creation plan: https://www.fishmanafnewsletter.com/p...About Ross Nazarenko:- ex-Growth PM at Vimeo (achieved 4x user and 3x revenue growth)- ex-Growth Manager at Bird ($783M funding)- ex-Senior Growth Manager at Braid (grew from 0 to $1M revenue in under 6M)- Top 3 Reforge contributor- Part of Sequoia’s 1% talent pool- Linkedin:   / ruslannazarenko  About BADideas.fund:BADideas.fund is an early stage angel syndicate, led by helpful founders & operators, that provides €50K-€200K funding for CEE startups. Since launching at TechChill '22, we have invested over €2M, and our global member pool keeps growing, spanning 200+ members from 20 countries and counting.Our members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B raised), Interactio ($30M raised), Vinted ($562.3M), NordVPN ($100M), Hubspot ($100.5M).