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20VC: Turning Down Apple & Getting Funded By Chamath @ Social Capital with Dhananja Jayalath, Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos

20VC: Turning Down Apple & Getting Funded By Chamath @ Social Capital with Dhananja Jayalath, Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos

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


20VC: Turning Down Apple & Getting Funded By Chamath @ Social Capital with Dhananja Jayalath, Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos

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

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dhananja Jayalath is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos, creating the new standard for fitness by changing the way we train the human body. Athos have funding from our friends at Social Capital, Felix Capital and DCM Ventures just to name a few of their investors. Prior to Athos, DJ turned down a job with Apple straight from University to pursue his vision of creating the next generation of consumer fitness wearables with Athos. In Today’s Episode with DJ You Will Learn: How DJ went from University to turning down Apple to founding Athos? How did DJ come to meet Chamath @ Social? How was the fundraising experience? What did Athos do well and what would DJ like to improve for the next round? How does DJ approach iteration and testing within product testing at Athos? What are the lessons DJ has learned in the manufacturing and iteration process with Athos? How does DJ approach business models for Athos today? Does DJ agree that the winners of hardware will be determined by software? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: DJ’s Fave Book: Velocity: The 7 New Laws For A World Gone Digital As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and DJ on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.