
Upside.fm Podcast: Powering Communication for Founders and Investors

Matt Preuss
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Upside is a podcast about startup investing outside of silicon valley. Our founder, Mike Preuss, was able to sit down with the hosts at Upside and discuss all things founder and investor relationships.
If you’re interesting in learning more about Visible, investor communication, and portfolio management give the episode a listen. From the Upside blog, you can find the recap of the episode below:
- AD: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (5:23)
- Mike’s background and entrepreneurship experience (7:56)
- Orr Fellowship (11:17)
- Managing a remote culture, different time zones, and off-sites (12:44)
- Initial problem and genesis of Visible (18:38)
- Changing the product from investors to founders (21:53)
- Finding clients (26:07)
- Tracking metrics and data (or lack thereof (30:05)
- Visible using Visible (32:38)
- Money model (36:13)
- Investors’ and founders’ access to information (43:13)
- Visible’s potential in a downturn or recession (46:31)
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