11 Feb 2017

De-Risking Your Startup (SaaStr 2017 Talk)

This page contains info on a 15-minute talk I gave at the SaaStr conference called “De-Risking Your Startup.”

Slides

Audio

Unfortunately, the talk was not videotaped. However, here is an audio recording:

If you want to follow along in the deck, here are the approximate slide transitions:

Slide	Start	End
1	00:00	00:09
2	00:09	00:46
3	00:46	01:06
4	01:06	01:10
5	01:10	01:44
6	01:44	01:59
7	01:59	02:21
8	02:21	03:03
9	03:03	03:15
10	03:15	03:43
11	03:43	04:17
12	04:17	04:40
13	04:40	05:05
14	05:05	05:13
15	05:13	05:33
16	05:33	05:54
17	05:54	05:58
18	05:58	06:09
19	06:09	07:17
20	07:17	07:34
21	07:34	07:41
22	07:41	07:56
23	07:56	09:12
24	09:12	09:35
25	09:35	09:40
26	09:40	09:49
27	09:49	10:03
28	10:03	10:33
29	10:33	11:38
30	11:38	12:23
31	12:23	12:50
32/Q&A	12:50	15:36

Further reading

This talk was based on two posts that I’ve written about de-risking:

• Startups are Risk Bundles – An explanation of the relationship between risks and startup valuations.
• How to De-Risk a Startup – A list of ways to remove risk from your startup in various categories like product/market fit or recruiting ability.

All of the risk-related posts that I’ve written can be found here.

Tags: De-risking • Talks