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AA 026: Who are your startup competitors?

[smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/alexanderjarvis/AA0026-_Who_are_your_startup_competitors.mp3″ background=”blurred_logo” social_linkedin=”true” ] Welcome to the 26th podcast of the Ask Alex show! Today the question is “Who are your startup competitors?” In this podcast, we deal with how to answer a question investors are going to ask you: Why competition is a good thing How to respond when you don’t have any obvious competitors How to respond when …

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AA 024: How do you manage social media?

[smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/alexanderjarvis/AA0024_How_do_you_manage_social_media.mp3″ background=”blurred_logo” social_linkedin=”true” ] Welcome to the 24th podcast of the Ask Alex show! Today the question is “How do you manage social media?” In this podcast, we deal with managing social media by posting engaging content: Tools you need to use Sources of content to share The importance of posting consistently How to build engagement Hire a virtual assistant …

AA 025: Should you watermark your pitch deck when sending your presentation to investors?

Tl;dr: Don’t watermark your pitch deck. The more likely scenario is that you accidentally send your watermarked pitch deck to an investor you are pitching and look like a dumb ass! You can’t keep your pitch deck confidential. The same goes for a confidentiality statement for presentations. [smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/alexanderjarvis/AA_025-_Should_you_watermark_your_pitch_deck_when_sending_your_presentation_to_investors.mp3″ background=”blurred_logo” social_linkedin=”true” ] Welcome to the 25th podcast of the Ask Alex …

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AA 023: How can I get competitor information?

[smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/alexanderjarvis/AA0023_How_can_I_get_competitor_information.mp3″ background=”blurred_logo” social_linkedin=”true” ] Welcome to the 23rd podcast of the Ask Alex show! Today the question is “How can I get competitor information?” In this podcast, we get into competitor analysis: All the sources you can find out competitor information The paid sources The free sources The only source for financial information A sneaky way to extract information from their …

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AA 022: Should I talk to my startup competitors?

[smart_track_player url=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/alexanderjarvis/AA022_Should_I_talk_to_my_competitors.mp3″ background=”blurred_logo” social_linkedin=”true” ] Welcome to the 22nd podcast of the Ask Alex show! Today the question is “Should I talk to my startup competitors?” In this podcast, we deal with why talking to the competition is worthwhile… and how to do it right so you don’t get mind raped: When I learnt to talk to competitors Why you are …