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Wouter Nuytten at WebTomorrow on Startups are Rollercoasters
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HiI’m Wouter Nuytten
Founding CEO OctopinVisual content marketing platform
NewHires
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Founded
Funding
San Francisco
FirstHire
Funding
Speaker at great events
First pilotcustomers
Mediaattention
First global customers
Team of 9 people
2012 2015
Founded
Funding
San Francisco
FirstHire
FundingNew York
Wrong technology hire:Start technology problems
- Non-working technology- No team- Financial issues- Lawsuits
Speaker at great events
First pilotcustomers
Mediaattention
First global customers
Team of 9 people
Funding
Customers refuseto pay for non-workingproduct
Cashflowissues
Reduceteam
Product up and running again
Newhires
2012 2015
- Soured relation with customers- Soured relation with Shareholders
- No interested investors
New investmentson hold due
product problems
Founded
Funding
San Francisco
FundingFirstHire
FundingNew York
Wrong technology hire:Start technology problems
- Non-working technology- No team- Financial issues- Lawsuits
Speaker at great events
First pilotcustomers
Mediaattention
First global customers
Team of 9 people
Funding
Customers refuseto pay for non-workingproduct
Cashflowissues
Reduceteam
Product up and running again
Newhires
Burnout Founder
Cashflow issues
NewHires
2012 2015
- Soured relation with customers- Soured relation with Shareholders
- No interested investors
New investmentson hold due
product problems
New global customers