What a gem of a channel. I have seen countless videos covering startups, this is by far the best. Great style, great substance and very relevant. Btw, this is my 10th video I watched this week on this channel.
COULD NOT AGREE MORE!! I've never really been one to watch TH-cam consistently, but I discovered this channel a week ago and have already been back multiple times. Thank you so much for sharing all of this information :)
I've absorbed an ungodly amount of content about startups during the past 10 years and this channel is one of the most valuable I've come across. Learning by others' failures is a big time saver in this long journey. Your postmortems are gold. Thanks man!
Invaluable experience ever, I watched this video before, and after your video on pivoting to Recurring, I'm watching it again. I share the same pains as you did. Hoping you maintaining the same energy, and positivity in the future
I like listening to the numbers when it comes to success or failure because its a clear metric. I have myself failed some startups and I am planning to start again. I was on 25k debt and I cleared it somehow but had to leave my company. Before starting new one I am trying to learn as much as I can. Best wishes for your company.
This is a fantastic explanation!!....Im perticularly impressed that you owned up to your mistakes and gave us tips on what would be like in a REAL startup struggle. Thanks Man, wish u guys best of luck
Fantastic startup business presentation. Having worked through several startups over the years since the early 80"s, into both immense success as well as business downturns (there are no failures) I refer to them as "problem manageability" issues, I can so relate to your entire experience with all of your business entities in and including, Slidebean. I had already been a subscriber to your TH-cam channel. Today, I will be subscribing to your services because of our own business operation requirements. However the other reason which is equally as important, your quality, well thought out and delivered productions here on your TH-cam channel. The sharing of real world experience. A priceless value. From one business owner to another, thank you for your insightful share.
Hi, Ernest! Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback! Having you as our customer makes our day! We hope you enjoy your experience with Slidebean!
@@slidebean Always welcome. Will be looking out for more of your productions. Keep up the great work. FYI: Slidebean is a perfect fit for our company needs.
Hey, Ive just found your channel and its THE BEST! Ive recently started my own business and now am going through a startup incubator in Moscow. And it was just amazing to listen to all your pivots as thats exactly what's happening in my business now :) Thank you so much for this video!
A praiseworthy discourse disclosing truths that are hard to come by! Brings to mind that quote, 'Experience is a brutal teacher!' Very insightful content, and presented in a manner that retains viewer attention. This video comes as, in some ways ,infotainment. Great work! Really enjoyed it. Cheers to you and your team Caya! Best wishes from Sri Lanka!
This is the channel I needed thank you! This will be my 3rd business venture and my idea is great so far between family and friends im learning from past mistakes and preparing for success. This channel cuts straight to the point I feel more prepared than ever.
If you could also cover how those metrics can be gathered I would appreciate that. Like how do you know how many users are coming and going? I'm guessing it's some kind service like Google analytics, but I'm not sure.
I have found the missing piece in the puzzle of business marketing. I just fell in love with the speaker's ability to connect with his audience through storytelling. Brilliant site
thanks for being so willing to share your Start Up journey and sharing the mistakes you've made. Caya, very illuminating, amazing amount of grit and determination you've shown in making Slidebean a success. well done.
Thankyou for actually giving answer based on your experience, and framing it in an easy to understand way. Some other people just tease it and then ask people to go to this or that link...
Great video, I really enjoy all of your videos. Interesting you are from Costa Rica, I went there 10 years ago and LOVED it there! Keep up the good work! Your insight into failed companies is so interested...
This channel is very informative. I like your transparency, it takes courage to admit errors. Your videos are well researched and you make complex topics easy to understand.
Caya you have a sense of humor that is needed in the brutal world of startups, I would haves lost my mind going through what you guys went through, Sheesh!!
Very good video! As someone updating a pitch deck, and prepariing to launch in 2021 this was a great reminder and motivation at the same time! I'll be a support of slide bean and sign up when I can afford it! (trying not to run out of money)
Caya ....you are simply the best !!! I can see thru you , you have grown in to a much honest person than you were before, all because of failures and learning from them........ I kind a failed too in similar set ups , but you are simply amazing!!! God bless Slidebean and team!! All the very best for future!!
Can't thank you guys enough, I recently started working at a venture capital firm which funds startups and my ideas about how startups properly work and funding and terms such as convertible notes was near 0. Thankfully due to Caya and slidebeans, that isn't the case anymore
I love your content. Me and a friend are about to start work on our startup. We will be launch about 6 months later. These 6 months will be really thrilling and I hope slide bean will help us a lot in making the right decisions for our startup.
Hello from the Philippines. I'm learning more from your channel and have a visual that makes your videos appealing. I'm definitely applying your advice to my startup.
Hi there, I would like to make a humble request to keep making only these kind of entrepreneurial lesson learning videos because videos as such can easily be co-related if people listening to you have experienced the same kind of business failures like myself. And, thank you for such brutal honesty.
Super nice videos! In this video you are telling us that your Freemium model was not the right choice, but I can see that you are offering right now a free version of Slidebean. What did change your strategy here?
BEST TH-cam PAGE FOR STARTUPS... I Personally think you made drastic decisions, in my opinion I would had subjected a small percentage of the current customer base and advertising to the new subscription model and with the data you collected you would quickly know if people are going to buy into it or not. And I do not mean to sound offensive but you discovered by yourself that the lifetime value of a customer isn't that valuable.. Which in turn means more advertising to constantly acquire new customers which we all know that it is not sustainable over the long term...
SO good! Love this lessons and your take on subjects 👏🏻✨ also will love to know what platform/tolls you are using to add the graphics on your videos? Thank you
Great info! Got 1 question regarding stock: Tnx for sharing. What happens if an employee exercised his stock options, leaves the company, the company goes public, gets acquired & the stock gets devalued to pennies..this happened 11 years ago. I never contacted the company. What happens to forgotten penny stockes? Thanking you in advance
What a gem of a channel. I have seen countless videos covering startups, this is by far the best. Great style, great substance and very relevant. Btw, this is my 10th video I watched this week on this channel.
😊thanks Ahmed! We really appreciate this!
Thanks for the binge watch! ❤️
Yes. So valuable. Some of the rare times I love what the youtube algo tells me to watch.
COULD NOT AGREE MORE!! I've never really been one to watch TH-cam consistently, but I discovered this channel a week ago and have already been back multiple times. Thank you so much for sharing all of this information :)
I love the Slidebean videos. I’ve been a VC lawyer for many years, and the things he talks about in all these videos are spot on.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for validation
I think this channel should become more. There's a lot of good, useful teaching material in here. It's a perfect knowledgebase for others.
I've absorbed an ungodly amount of content about startups during the past 10 years and this channel is one of the most valuable I've come across. Learning by others' failures is a big time saver in this long journey. Your postmortems are gold. Thanks man!
Thank you so much, Brenton! This feedback makes our day!
Slidebean: Startups 101 no... thank you!
I love this channel. Clear, concise and to the point!
Thanks G Coyne!
But he still didn't tell us what he did in the last year to make those numbers grow 🤔
@@boringmanager9559 they probably got lot more exposure through yt.
Where I was all this while? How could I be devoid of such great and useful content! Great stuff team Slidebean!!
Invaluable experience ever, I watched this video before, and after your video on pivoting to Recurring, I'm watching it again. I share the same pains as you did.
Hoping you maintaining the same energy, and positivity in the future
I like listening to the numbers when it comes to success or failure because its a clear metric. I have myself failed some startups and I am planning to start again. I was on 25k debt and I cleared it somehow but had to leave my company. Before starting new one I am trying to learn as much as I can. Best wishes for your company.
This is a fantastic explanation!!....Im perticularly impressed that you owned up to your mistakes and gave us tips on what would be like in a REAL startup struggle. Thanks Man, wish u guys best of luck
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic startup business presentation. Having worked through several startups over the years since the early 80"s, into both immense success as well as business downturns (there are no failures) I refer to them as "problem manageability" issues, I can so relate to your entire experience with all of your business entities in and including, Slidebean. I had already been a subscriber to your TH-cam channel. Today, I will be subscribing to your services because of our own business operation requirements. However the other reason which is equally as important, your quality, well thought out and delivered productions here on your TH-cam channel. The sharing of real world experience. A priceless value.
From one business owner to another, thank you for your insightful share.
Hi, Ernest! Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback! Having you as our customer makes our day! We hope you enjoy your experience with Slidebean!
@@slidebean Always welcome. Will be looking out for more of your productions. Keep up the great work. FYI: Slidebean is a perfect fit for our company needs.
Hey, Ive just found your channel and its THE BEST! Ive recently started my own business and now am going through a startup incubator in Moscow. And it was just amazing to listen to all your pivots as thats exactly what's happening in my business now :) Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you so much! We wish you the best in your endeavors and let us know if Slidebean can ever help! Slidebean.com :)
A praiseworthy discourse disclosing truths that are hard to come by! Brings to mind that quote, 'Experience is a brutal teacher!' Very insightful content, and presented in a manner that retains viewer attention. This video comes as, in some ways ,infotainment. Great work! Really enjoyed it. Cheers to you and your team Caya! Best wishes from Sri Lanka!
This is the channel I needed thank you! This will be my 3rd business venture and my idea is great so far between family and friends im learning from past mistakes and preparing for success. This channel cuts straight to the point I feel more prepared than ever.
A year ago you had a great idea.
What happened?
Caya, please make video on metrics that should be calculated (like churn rate) by startup. And how to evaluate your growth based on that metrics.
Noted!
Noted, great idea!!
If you could also cover how those metrics can be gathered I would appreciate that. Like how do you know how many users are coming and going? I'm guessing it's some kind service like Google analytics, but I'm not sure.
I have found the missing piece in the puzzle of business marketing. I just fell in love with the speaker's ability to connect with his audience through storytelling. Brilliant site
Thank you so much! Glad it helped!
thanks for being so willing to share your Start Up journey and sharing the mistakes you've made. Caya, very illuminating, amazing amount of grit and determination you've shown in making Slidebean a success. well done.
Michael Hillier thanks so much for watching!!
Thankyou for actually giving answer based on your experience, and framing it in an easy to understand way. Some other people just tease it and then ask people to go to this or that link...
Dude, you're rather inspiring
Thank you Danil!
Great video, I really enjoy all of your videos. Interesting you are from Costa Rica, I went there 10 years ago and LOVED it there! Keep up the good work! Your insight into failed companies is so interested...
this channel and company is GOLD!!
Thank you so much, Lexie!
This channel is very informative. I like your transparency, it takes courage to admit errors. Your videos are well researched and you make complex topics easy to understand.
Caya you have a sense of humor that is needed in the brutal world of startups, I would haves lost my mind going through what you guys went through, Sheesh!!
Very good video! As someone updating a pitch deck, and prepariing to launch in 2021 this was a great reminder and motivation at the same time!
I'll be a support of slide bean and sign up when I can afford it! (trying not to run out of money)
Just as I start to run out of channels to watch, here comes this guy talking about useful stuffs. Thanks youtube algorithm.
Thank you! Glad the algorithm brought you to us!
The clarity of video is simply captivating
Hermanito bendiciones y felicidades! Nos vemos pronto!
The experience and advice you offer is probably priceless. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment! Glad it was useful!
Man you and your videos are the bomb! No crappy long speeches on how to do this and that, simple logics and experience. Tnx
Really nice channel man, I barely see TH-camrs that actually started businesses making videos, so imma have to subscribe
FJParravicini - Business, Money & Miscellaneous thank you very much!
I love the way he speaks. It really gains my focus and attention.
You are so transparent and helpful! Just signed up to Slidebean to pitch my new startup! Love it.
Awesome! Thank you and welcome aboard!
Caya ....you are simply the best !!! I can see thru you , you have grown in to a much honest person than you were before, all because of failures and learning from them........ I kind a failed too in similar set ups , but you are simply amazing!!!
God bless Slidebean and team!! All the very best for future!!
Thanks, we really appreciate it!
Amazing comment! Thanks so much for following our channel.
Can't thank you guys enough, I recently started working at a venture capital firm which funds startups and my ideas about how startups properly work and funding and terms such as convertible notes was near 0. Thankfully due to Caya and slidebeans, that isn't the case anymore
Whaaaaat? You were behing potatoss. I had no clue. I really liked the idea of the game! Awesome series, btw!
I love your content. Me and a friend are about to start work on our startup. We will be launch about 6 months later. These 6 months will be really thrilling and I hope slide bean will help us a lot in making the right decisions for our startup.
Your videos are VERY VERY GOOD!
I am in the midst of pitching a startup and your sharing is very educational!
Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Hello from the Philippines. I'm learning more from your channel and have a visual that makes your videos appealing. I'm definitely applying your advice to my startup.
Thank you, Arc! Glad to read our content has been useful!
Excellent video nothing says Real life than actually getting on the ground and realising tic is not as simple as it was when you first dreamed it
Keep up the great work. Wish you more success.
Thank you!
Love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing this content with us.
Thanks for watching!
god I,m glad I found this channel at the right time since I,m planning to leave my job to do a tech startup.
Thank you for your support and good luck with your project!
Great staff caya... keep up the goodwork
MULENGA KAYOLA 🙌
honesty and pain is so helpful to others running the same type of race
Really appreciate your videos
Glad you like them!
Great video. Keep up the awesome work!!
man this is the best channel eeeeeeever!
I honestly really appreciate this channel
Slidebean has a magic way of simplifying everything start-up…
First subscription of 2020. Thank you for this channel and advice❤️💪🏾
Thank you for being here! Be sure to join us at Discord to interact live: slidebean.com/live
Me encanta tu contenido. Gracias por compartir tu experiencia hermano. Invaluable. Saludos desde Argentina!
Saludos de vuelta, Ale. ¡Muchas gracias!
Thank u 4 sharing. Big help. More power!
Thank you for supporting us!
This is the best Slidebean video ever
Your videos are excellent! Great content, great presentation.
Thank you Erick!
Thanks for watching, Eric!
Great video content Caya. Love from Guwahati, India.
Caya: thanks so much for making these videos, must take courage and time... but really really helpful and inspiring. Thank you thank you thank you :)
Thank you for watching and for all the love!
Very honest. Quite a lot to learn from here.
Getting a 15k debt is enough to keep me awake for nights....
So much learning brother.
You really are great for entrepreneurs
Thanks!
This is like an ideal case study for lean startup book
I just love this channel. 👏
kae mootu ❤️
i just started an eCommerce business any advice?
Very inspired, Thanks for sharing.
good presentation. thanks for the insight
Thank you Kelvin!
You’re welcome
Thank you for sharing, we just started our company. We are still figuring stuff out but thanks for sharing!
No worries! That's how it is initially. We hope our channel continues to help.
Caya, I am very thankful to find you and learn some of your experiences in the world of startups!
Love from India dude! Cheers...!
Cheers!
Amaizing video! Clear, honest and straight to valuable insights, keep them coming!
Wow! This is very impressive video! Just clicked subscribe and I will be watching the other vids too! Great job indeed!
Thanks for the sub!
The only youtube channel I have ever commented on. Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Brilliant video. Amazing to get this breadth of info about startups and starting up from a single product business.
Awesome video, many thanks Mr. Caya👏🏻
Sasa Stanisavljevic 🙌
Very useful Channel for my start up.
One world : Honest!
Thank you!
Bro make video on how to survive in big and gaint companies competition
Hi there, I would like to make a humble request to keep making only these kind of entrepreneurial lesson learning videos because videos as such can easily be co-related if people listening to you have experienced the same kind of business failures like myself. And, thank you for such brutal honesty.
Thank you! We make one every week! If you have specific topics in mind, drop them here: slidebean.com/youtube-suggest-a-video
Im not even a business man, just an airline pilot. But these videos are cool!
I want to start my own company and I appreciate these advices
You are best and helping us with your experiences Thank you
Wow this video was highly informative, thanks.
Thank you for sharing. My question is, if the Freemium Model failed, which model did you guys use to become profitable?
Great presentation of the information. Clear, concise, and well presented. Great job!
Thank you for your honesty!
Great presentation with a relatable story-I truly loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
would love a video that drills deeper on when/how freemium can/can't work
Thanks! Vote/add your favorite topics here: slidebean.com/youtube-suggest-a-video
@3:11 "we did a lot of things RIGTH" lol good one
3:11 RIGHT would be the correct spelling. It doesn’t detract from your awesome message! Also, I visited San Jose and thought it was fun. Pura vida!
Thank you! It's been reported before :( We're still glad the video helped! Pura vida 🇨🇷
@@slidebean Yeah I read the comments afterward, all good though! Keep it up my friends, tu content es muy rico.
Super nice videos! In this video you are telling us that your Freemium model was not the right choice, but I can see that you are offering right now a free version of Slidebean. What did change your strategy here?
The Trial plan remained, but the priced plans were the ones that changed! Thanks for watching!
this is great, I'm not doing any of that. You guys are the beast
Thank you, Gabo!
FREEmium advise! thank you..
You're so welcome!
This is really inspiring. I keep watching and learning from your videos.
Thank you for sharing this stories.
Consuming these videos like ice cream on a hot summer day. On Mars. Somehow I managed to put the ice cream in the astronaut suit.
Andu Potorac 🍨
BEST TH-cam PAGE FOR STARTUPS... I Personally think you made drastic decisions, in my opinion I would had subjected a small percentage of the current customer base and advertising to the new subscription model and with the data you collected you would quickly know if people are going to buy into it or not. And I do not mean to sound offensive but you discovered by yourself that the lifetime value of a customer isn't that valuable.. Which in turn means more advertising to constantly acquire new customers which we all know that it is not sustainable over the long term...
I am glad I found your videos! Sending you greeting from SETsquared Bristol Tech incubator!
Thanks so much, Diana! Greetings to you as well!
SO good! Love this lessons and your take on subjects 👏🏻✨ also will love to know what platform/tolls you are using to add the graphics on your videos? Thank you
thanks for this man its great.
Thank you, Shamsu!
@@slidebean am about to start an ecommerce site in nigeria .your lectures are helping me structure my thinking. Any advice?
Now that's how to present business tactics - be entertaining. You're a fantastic speaker Caya. Want to run for office :-)
Your landing page should tell what your app actually does. A $5 to $9 monthly fee is more likely to reduce churn.
Great info! Got 1 question regarding stock:
Tnx for sharing.
What happens if an employee exercised his stock options, leaves the company, the company goes public, gets acquired & the stock gets devalued to pennies..this happened 11 years ago. I never contacted the company. What happens to forgotten penny stockes? Thanking you in advance