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Chris Olson Former Investments and Operations at Amplify.LA
Los Angeles, California
Why take a call with me? I'm currently the Chief of Staff at a Series A technology company, Replicated. I'm the former Director of Investments and Operations @ Amplify.la, the premier startup accelerator in Los Angeles, California. During my time at Amplify we invested in over 50 companies, those companies went on to raise a little over $300M in additional Venture Capital. I was also a Senior Marketing Strategist for a Online Marketing Agency based in Los Angeles.
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CO$1.67/min per minute(2)Raising a Seed or Series a (VC)Chris Olson • Los Angeles, CaliforniaCreated 12 years ago in Funding / Venture CapitalI am the former Director of Investments and Operations at Amplify.la, a startup accelerator in Los Angeles California. During my time since the inception of Amplify we invested in over 50 companies, those 50 companies have gone on to raise a little over $300 Million in additional Venture Capital.Chris Olson Los Angeles, California(2)
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CO$1.67/min per minute(2)Building a Pitch DeckChris Olson • Los Angeles, CaliforniaCreated 9 years ago in Funding / Venture CapitalBuilding a Pitch Deck for a technology company that targets Venture Capitalist is a mix of art and science. During my time as Director of Investments at Amplify.LA, a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles, CA, I worked with over 50 companies that pitched 1000's of Venture Capital investors all over the world. There are some really important do's and don't that are commonly missed. Let's chat about them!Chris Olson Los Angeles, California(2)
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CO$1.67/min per minute(2)How to Launch Your a ProductChris Olson • Los Angeles, CaliforniaCreated 9 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Growth StrategyI've worked closely with over 50 early stage technology companies across a broad range of verticals (Ecommerce, SaaS, Consumer Web, Consumer Mobile, etc...). Each one of them had very unique strategies for developing how their launch strategy. This included discovering the right early customer, developing strategies to get in front of them, and once they've been acquired how to give your product the best chance to convert.Chris Olson Los Angeles, California(2)
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Chris was very supportive and easy to talk to. Got all my answers in minutes.
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Awesome call, useful and structured information on requested questions, satisfied!
Source: Clarity Artur Kiulian Jun 9, 2014
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