Archive - aamusings

Starting a podcast on angel investing

Are you angel investing or seed investing? Wish you could learn from others?

Jan 23 •

October 2023

How should I price my startup product?

Or, how to justify that magic $100,000/year annual contract to customers

Oct 31, 2023 •

May 2023

Bad positioning in your startup pitch

Or, the one thing your pitch needs to communicate for investors

May 3, 2023 •

August 2022

The Rules of the (VC) Game

Or, how do investors make money in VC? And how do VCs make money?

Aug 10, 2022 •

July 2022

What did you do as a Presidential Innovation Fellow (PIF)?

Or, what did you accomplish? What did you get out of it?

Jul 26, 2022 •

Applying for the Presidential Innovation Fellowship (PIF)

Or, warnings and considerations as you apply, interview, and join.

Jul 19, 2022 •

Why do a Presidential Innovation Fellowship?

Or why in the world did you work for the federal government?

Jul 13, 2022 •

May 2022

Who lives who dies who tells your story?

On Tony Fadell's Decoder appearance and his references to Dropcam.

May 5, 2022 •

October 2020

Co-Founding is not a Marriage

On finding a co-founder, Part 1

Oct 13, 2020 •

September 2020

Shots Fired in Terminal C

Or, How to deal with being the non-CEO Co-Founder

Sep 29, 2020 •

Bessemer's Dropcam Memo Annotated

A few random memories - now in color!

Sep 15, 2020 •

February 2020

musings about products, startups, marketing, etc.

Welcome to aamusings by me, Aamir Virani.

Feb 24, 2020 •

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