#27 Pitching, thinking big, characteristics of great founding teams, and more | Cecilie Skjong (Skyfall Ventures)
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My guest today is Cecilie Skjong, Investment Manager at Skyfall Ventures - a Norwegian early-stage venture capital fund.
As a founder, nailing your pitch, thinking big and challenging yourself to be more visionary, and quickly testing your ideas to get a sense of the market pull are crucial.
And the same applies to a cross-functional team building a new product in a scale-up. The same applies to a product leader leading a new opportunity in a large organization.
After being exposed to hundreds of pitches and investing in several early-stage ventures, Cecilie shared with me:
* Characteristics of great founding teams
* The importance of drive and resilience when testing ideas and building products
* Early signs of market pull
* Thinking big and the importance of Vision
* How to craft a great pitch
* The power of Founder-led Sales
* The importance of understanding your macro trends (Waves)
* The state of the Norwegian startup scene
* And more
If you’re a founder, I recommend pairing this episode with:
* Episode 1: Testing Ideas with David Bland, co-author of the book Testing Business Ideas written together with Alex Osterwalder
* Episode 9: Understanding Jobs to be Done with Bob Moesta, co-creator of the JTBD framework together with Clayton Christensen
* Episode 19: Nailing your Positioning with April Dunford, bestselling author of one of the most well-known marketing books out there
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