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Today’s show:

First, EyeRate CEO Ray Weisberg joins Jason to break down his startup’s business model (4:55), category creation and framing (13:32), how they plan on scaling from $10M to $100M (22:51), and more. Then, Steve Jurvetson gives a presentation on discovering and identifying disruptive new technologies. (36:34)

Steve’s talk was recorded live at LAUNCH Angel Summit.

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Time stamps:

(0:00) Great founders sometimes means very little contact!

(1:42) Jason explains LAUNCH’s investment strategy and ownership targets

(4:55) EyeRate CEO Ray Weisberg breaks down EyeRate’s early pivot, how they help real-world businesses increase customer engagement, and how the business is scaling

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(13:32) Lessons learned from scaling from $0 to nearly $10M in revenue, “category creation,” and framing

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(22:51) Thoughts on scaling from $10M to $100M, understanding market pull, content marketing ideas, hiring C-suite “bar raisers,” write-first culture

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(36:34) Steve Jurvetson gives a talk on finding and investing in disruptive technologies

(1:00:37) Steve takes a couple of questions from Jason and the audience

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