Chris Combs is the Co-founder & CEO at LinkSquares. In this episode, Chris talks about his experience raising capital for his various startups, how to avoid “Legal Debt” and specific strategies Chris used to go from idea to salable product at LinkSquares. Podcast Topics & Notes: 3:00 - How Chris & I met via Quora 6:30 - Chris’s personal need around Datto’s acquisition of Backupify led to founding LinkSquares 15:30 - About SalesQualia & Startup Selling | Give me a call @ (415) 596-0804 or email: scott@salesqualia.com 17:00 - Importance of a Legal document tracking system 19:00 - Avoiding Legal Debt 20:30 - Using e-signtuare tools like DocuSign 22:30 - Angel capital raising strategies & lessons learned 26:00 - Putting sales & customer development first before capital-raising 30:00 - New funding round definitions around angel round vs seed stage vs venture funding. Building a referral network. 37:30 - Building an MVP at LinkSquares from idea to product 1.0 to salable MVP 45:30 - Completing 50 customer development conversations 51:00 - Selling your MVP & pilot programs. "Getting in the direction of sales." Websites & Resources mentioned in the podcast: Chris Combs & LinkSquares: www.linksquares.com www.twitter.com/chriscombs www.linkedin.com/in/christophercombs Scott Sambucci on Quora: www.quora.com/profile/Scott-Sambucci Datto Backupify: www.datto.com/backupify CoreLogic: www.corelogic.com Blend: www.blendlabs.com Trello: www.trello.com Atlassian: www.atlassian.com DocuSign: www.docusign.com
