help us to prep alchemist interview

[Angelo H]

Hi Jeh,

We have an interview with Alchemist this Sat. Could you help us refine our pitch tmmr  (Fri) afternoon? We can stop by your office. Thank you!

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Cheers,

Angelo

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[Jeh Lin]

Hi Angelo,

Congrats, glad to hear that you are selected for the interview.  f I were Alchemist, I would at least interview you too, being an enterprise software focused accelerator.

1) Pls email me any info they have given you, ie what are they looking for, whats the format of the interview, who will interview you, for how long, where etc

2) Pls send me any info, ex ppt, on your pitch beforehand, if you have any

3) You probably don't have enough time, but I recommend you to try to connect with any of the Alchemist first batch of startup founders and get their advice:

• SendTask, a next generation enterprise task management platform.
• Social Pandas, a social selling platform to help salespeople close deals.
• Xockets, a software-defined intfrastructure platform for heterogeneous computing cofounded by a former Cisco engineer.
• JyMob, a platform to choose the best people for your jobs.
• Selligy, a mobile service helping salespeople with their primary activity, sales meetings [Editor's note: Selligy was a finalist at VentureBeat's Mobile Innovation competition.]
• Active Scaler, a storage-load balancer for network driver enterprise storage.
• ConnectBright, an advocacy empowerment platform for B2B service providers.
• Cambrian Genomics, a DNA laser printer.
• MobileSpan, a BYOD platform for enterprises.

4) I pinged Mark Trang and Gretchen of SocialPandas via LinkedIn.  I know of Mark Trang when I was still with Oxygen Cloud, don't know him personally, but I have always thought that his background was awesome for product management etc.  I reached out to these two people becuz they are part of Alchemist first batch, they are doing enterprise related sales people platform, and they are both well over 30 years old.  Am hoping they will respond and give advice on the Alchemist interview.

5)  I edited and summarized whats important in terms of what they are looking for, answer these:

Technical co-founders-
The most important element is the team. In the team, we first look at the techincal founder(s). The technical founder must be distinctive. While we don't have any strict criteria, we find that the most distinctive technical founders exhibit these common traits:
a.  very strong technical chops
b.  tenacity
c.  ability to explain complicated things clearly
d.  judgment in making good tradeoffs
e.  good product sense
f.  passion for outcomes, not process.

Business co-founder-
We prefer teams of 2 or 3. We will admit purely technical teams, but the ideal team has one or two technical co-founders, and one business-side co-founder.
We find that the best business side co-founders exhibit the dual traits of
a.  being able to sell a vision convincigly to customers / VCs / employees
b.  the ability to tactically know the 3 next things that need to get done to drive the busines forward.
c.  If the company will be involved in direct sales to the enterprise, we look for strong sales-centric business leaders. If the company is focused on online sales, business co-founders with a keen sense of customer acquisition, conversion, retention, and design are valued.
d.  Prior experience in the enterprise is not required. Though if you have prior experience that provides an unfair advantage to your new venture, that is a good thing.

We will be looking for founding teams that great talent will want to join.

We also place importance -- though secondary to the team -- on the market. Our focus is on markets that are large enough to warrant the interest of the top venture funds. We will admit stellar teams who do not have a clear market focus yet.

Our program is not designed for entrepreneurs looking to be acquired in 18 months. Our program is designed for entrepreneurs that are motivated by "something deeper to change the world on a large scale"

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo H]

Hi Jeh,

I will prepare a single-page print-out page of pitch slide to introduce what we are and what we want to achieve. Are you available tmmr afternoon to help us prepare our interview? We are focused on product and execution. Maybe we can discuss about your role after this weekend's interview. We know you have a strong experience on enterprise software. Yah. So you will be a great candidate to lead the company.

--Angelo

[Jeh Lin]

I can come by your office after my lunch meeting, or I can ping you to come by my office.  Up to you, either way is fine.

I should be done by 1pm ish, so we can meet 2pm.

I think you can also prepare a quick product demo as well.

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo H]

yes, we will prepare a product demo as well. you can meet us when you are on your way to home tmmr afternoon. it will be easier for you and us. is that ok?

[Angelo H]

It works. Thank you.

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I will go to your office around 5pm ish.  Let me know if that works for you.

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[Jeh Lin]

How was the interview?  Did you guys get in?  It says they will let you know within 24 hours?

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[Angelo H]

Hi Jeh,

It went well. We haven't heard from them. We also got an interview from OrangeFab accelerator.

Cheers,

Angelo

P.S. Find Me @ http://peer.im/angelo 

[Jeh Lin]

Congratulations.

The fact that you got interviews from Alchemist and Orange means validation on the concept and the target audience, ie business & enterprise.

Good luck,

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Jeh Lin
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[Jeh Lin]

Good article on what Orange Fab is looking for:

http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/04/05/orange-fab-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-oranges-new-accelerator/

a.  smart people
b.  integrating ur idea into Orange, they want ur idea, u r the extension of their R&D, ur product can be sold to Orange the carrier & its customers
c.  they can be ur first customer, why dont u demo/create an Orange-branded Peer chat site & mask the URL.  Position this as, for example, a tool Orange executives, sales, and teams can use to securely & professionally chat with the outside world, or the outside world can now chat professionally & instantly in real-time with Orange sales, teams, and exec's, with professional social profiles integrated. 

Let me know if you want to chat.  Good luck,

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo H]

They haven't told us what is our interview date. We will let you know as soon as they announce the interview detail.

Cheers,

Angelo

P.S. Find Me @ http://peer.im/angelo 

[Angelo H]

Jeh,

Thank you. We get into Alchemist.

--angelo

[Jeh Lin]

They did say in their FAQ that they don't mind the participant being in multiple accelerators, perhaps you should still interview with them.  Check with Alchemist for their opinion, also check with Orange for their thoughts.  These two are both great enterprise related startups.

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Jeh Lin
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[Jeh Lin]

Congrats!  A great initial milestone and validation for you guys.  Now the real challenges begins.  I am sure you will do well.

We should probably finalize my role/involvement.  Let's chat further about it this week.  Tks,

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Jeh Lin]

Btw, u should celebrate a little bit:)  Its exciting little first step:)  Happy time:)

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo H]

Sure. How about this Thurs or Fri afternoon?

[Jeh Lin]

How about Friday afternoon?

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo H]

sounds good.

[Jeh Lin]

I can come by after my lunch meeting, maybe around 1-2pm, does that work?

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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[Angelo K. Huang]

Ok. See you

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[Johnson Liu]

Hi Jeh,

Can you please message us before you come? We are going for a lunch meeting too, and we should be back 1ish.

Thanks

Johnson

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[Jeh Lin]

Will do, thanks.

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Jeh Lin
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[Jeh Lin]

Hi Johnson,

I am available to meet up now. Let me know if you are free.

Regards,

Jeh

[Angelo H]

Cool. We are just back. See you.

Angelo KH Peer | e: angel...@gmail.com

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[Jeh Lin]

Cool, I will be there in about 20-30 min's, thanks.  See you!

Regards,

Jeh Lin
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