Tim Ryan is a 4x startup founder and Venture Partner at Interlock Capital, a community-driven VC firm. Today, he spends his time consulting, advising startups, incubating new ideas, and investing.

In this episode, we talk about the challenge that startup founders have building their product and getting their first users. Tim shares his advice on how to focus on the right signals from the market and how to not spend too much time building without getting feedback.

GUEST

• Tim Ryan LinkedIn
• Interlock Capital Website

PODCAST

• Safa Mahzari
• Patreon
• Alluxo Website

TERMS

• B2B = business to business
• SaaS = software as a service
• Pre-product = the company stage before their product is live
• Pre-revenue = when the product is live, but before it's generating revenue

TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 - Episode intro
• 0:56 - Validating your idea
• 19:06 - Building your startup's credibility
• 33:50 - Traits of startup founders
• 58:51 - Wrap up and final thoughts