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20 VC 014: Acquired by Salesforce turned VC with Kyle Lui

20 VC 014: Acquired by Salesforce turned VC with Kyle Lui

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch


20 VC 014: Acquired by Salesforce turned VC with Kyle Lui

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

ratings:
Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kyle Lui is Principal at DCM Ventures where he helps entrepreneurs scale their companies and advise on product development across IOT, consumer internet and mobile and enterperise Saas. Prior to DCM, Kyle was Co-Founder at ChoicePass, a enterprise perks and rewards Saas company backed by prominent angel investors, later acquired by Salesforce.com and Rypple. At Salesforce, Kyle served as Director of Product Management on the founding product team for Work.com, growing the business to over 1,000 enterprise customers.
Items mentioned in this episode:

Learn Python the Hard Way
AnyPerk
Eaze

In this episode you will learn:

How Kyle made the leap from Startup Founder to Venture Capitalist?
How did Kyle learn to code?
How did Kyle feel on selling ChoicePass to Salesforce?
What was it like working in such a large company, such as Salesforce?
How did your role change when Salesforce was acquired?
What was the most difficult element faced by Kyle in his time at ChoicePass?
Where does Kyle see the future of incentivising employees and how important is this aspect of corporate life?
When investing in a company what aspects really attract you to a deal and what can be a real red flag?
Are University and College degrees necessary for you to invest in a founder?
Is Kyle concerned that a potential increase in regulation could damage his investment in Eaze, medical marijuana delivery startup?

We conclude today's show with a quick fire round where we hear Kyle's thoughts on what Kyle would do if all he had was a laptop and $100, what advice Kyle would give to entrepreneurs starting a company?
For all the resources and items mentioned in todays show, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com
If there are any VCs you would like us to interview, send an email to harry@thetwentyminutevc.com and we will arrange it!
Released:
Feb 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.