Business Model Innovation with Raj Singh Founder of Tempo AI

Business Model Innovation with Raj Singh Founder of Tempo AI

Author: Luke Bayard: Entrepreneur, Business Strategist and Techie March 23, 2017 Duration: 1:13:31

Today's guest is Raj Singh. Raj is the founder of Tempo AI, a mobile productivity app that was recently acquired by Salesforce.

 

Raj has had extensive experience in the technology and startup industries. And in this interview, we talked about what it takes to create a startup and the best methods and strategies for working in one, as well how to maneuver their ever-evolving structure in society.

 

Some Questions I Ask Raj:

  • How can a student find a position in a start-up or find a company that would enable them to meet their peak potential? [19:07]
  • What do you define "business model innovation" as and what would an example of it be? [26:26]
  • What exactly does pattern-matching with startups refer to? [33:30]
  • How does someone keep up to date on developments within the startup community, and what are some resources they can use to make sure they stay on the cusp of this information? [37:35]
  • How should a startup map out their milestones? [49:03]
  • What are the main attributes that distinguish a great CEO from an ordinary one? [44:06]
  • What is concentric marketing? [56:25]
  • What's different about startups and patents now compared to in the past, and what should startups be on the look-out for when it comes to developing a patent? [57:32]
  • If you could buy a build-board that overlooked Silicon Valley, what would you want it to say? [01:09:00]

 

Some Things You'll Learn In This Episode:

  • How Raj began working in the startup industry
  • The shortcomings of Raj's first startup and what he's learned from them
  • Why the goals of sales teams aren't always aligned with where their products are going
  • Some obstacles and struggles that come with the territory of being a CEO
  • What the size of a company has to do with its politics
  • Ways you can grow your network within the startup community
  • Why team dynamics are so important in a startup's early stages

 

Raj Twitter: @mobileraj

Blog: www.RajSingh.com


Luke Bayard, an entrepreneur and business strategist with a deep technical background, hosts Cult of Startup Podcast. Here, the polished facade of success is set aside to make room for the real, unvarnished origin stories. Each conversation is a journey back to the chaotic and formative early days, where guests recount everything from horrible miscalculations and embarrassing stumbles to those rare, awesome breakthroughs that changed everything. Luke’s approach is deliberately open-ended and nothing-off-limits, digging into the specific reasons-often messy and unexpected-behind an entrepreneur’s eventual trajectory. The result is an hour that feels less like a formal interview and more like hanging out with insightful startup buddies, where the exchange is as loose as it is informative. Tuning into this podcast means getting a candid education in business building, one grounded in lived experience rather than theory, where the lessons are found in the raw details of what actually happened.
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