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In this vlog I talk about the pros and cons of raising VC at different evaluations.

In this vlog I got caught vlogging by a customer Jim was talking to.

Engaging with customers and investors helps build relationships.

In this vlog I pitch PhoneWagon at the New York Tech Meetup.

In this vlog I talk to more and more investors and TWO customers at the same time.

It's investor week here at techstars, and that means lots of little meetings.

Today while I was practicing my pitch, the fire alarm went off..

While crafting our pitch deck, I decided to call the man we modeled an example of a great use case after. He gave us great insight

Today I go over the best way to have high level company employees take you seriously.

We completed some new projects like cold outbound emails and a referral program through GetAmbassador.com.

In this vlog we talk about creating content and how long it actually takes to gain traction and become a leader in you space.

in this vlog I talk about employee fraud and have a conversation with a potential writer for the story.

In this vlog a friend videochats in and gives feedback on the vlog.

In this video i talk about being oversubscribed on our fundraising, and i get pitch practice with Alex Iskold

I caught my sales rep lying and stealing from us.

Today I found out something completely absurd that's been happening under our noses.

Kane walked in on me realizing I forgot the speedos.

In this vlog I talk about reallocating your time when running a startup.

In this vlog I was invited to do a video interview / Q&A With a group of 13 entrepreneurs in Fresno, California.

In this vlog I talk training new sales reps and how the best way to get a job is to work for free.

In this vlog I let you guys in on some personal problems that have been rising about, when choosing the company over personal endeavors.

In this vlog I talk about how I used to make money online selling leads to local businesses.

I use to sell things online. I use to lose a lot of money. I never gave up. Here's my story.

I tell the story of how breaking up with my girlfriend changed my life..

I visited Israel for a week. It was amazing to see the Middle East.

In this episode Ryan Goes to Israel, venturing around Tel Aviv.

We're here to help you take over the world. according to Manisha.

We catch everything on camera, and start to pull in Facebook leads.

In this Vlog Ryan goes in depth on our new facebook marketing strategy

So Kane was sleeping on the job.

Today we spent a lot of time on the vlog strategy.

Today we update you on our revenue, which has grown 3x since the beginning of Techstars.

We have a lot to do so that we can hit our goal of $25k in MRR by the end of Techstars.

So far this week we have had 2 pretty big sales days.

Founder of Classpass swings by TechStars and asks Ryan if phone calls are dead

We disclosed our revenue for the first time in this vlog.

We are seeing some really cool wins so far.

A company in Techstars has Matcha.

There was a fireside chat at Techstars with a managing partner at Spark Capital.

Jon closed his first sale today. We updated Techstars with our weekly metrics.

We did a workshop with the founder of Digital Ocean.

I had to go to a dinner and almost missed internal demo night.

There is no excuse to not upload a video.

We do this 7 days a week. Techstars is only 90 days. Why not go hard?

I'm super thankful to even get the opportunity to do all this.

I came back to my apartment last night with a notice on the door that I was being served lawsuit papers by a process server.

Too many people are overpromising these days. I'm guilty of it as well.

Met with some very smart mentors like Jason Saltzman, founder of The Alley.

We had a bunch of meetings with mentors.

We are in a shared office space while going through Techstars in NYC.

Techstars hosted a boat cruise on Saturday night for all of the founders in the NYC summer 2017 cohort.

We had our biggest sales day in company history! I was super pumped.

Every week at Techstars we set a goal.

Nick Saban from University of Alabama, while on the field after winning the national championship, said he was focused on getting ready for next year.

I was trying to balance entertainment, educational, and inspirational.

Tracking your metrics is something that holds you accountable and helps you set concrete goals.

Being consistent is something that will translate from your personal life and into your business life (and vice versa).

In high school I started a clothing company called Kuloco with Nathan Bourne.

Too many people are putting out bad content these days.

I've always believed in doing things that are unscalable to win business.

We finally started working out of our office.

Gary Vaynerchuk says it best "live shitty for a few years so you can live great for a long time".

I usually rent out just a bedroom in my apartment.

We started designing our shirts so that we can have them printed and shipped before Techstars starts!

Techstars starts in a few days so I had the team come to my apartment to get some stuff done.

This past spring I decided that I was going to do daily vlogs as I built PhoneWagon and participated in Techstars.

We called every toy store in Calabasas because I wanted to send a toy wagon to a customer and get it hand delivered the same day I talked to her on the phone.

A few months ago I decided that I was going to put out daily videos of our journey building PhoneWagon.