Summary: Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) ShareFile by Citrix: Secure file transfer, built for business. Visit http://ShareFile.com (http://sharefile.com/), click the microphone and enter the code TWIST to get a FULL 30 day FREE trial. After joining, send a file request to sharefile@launch.co (mailto:sharefile@launch.co) to gain access to the exclusive “Top 10 Twist Questions” video! http://twitter.com/sharefile (http://twitter.com/sharefile) Turnstone is more than furniture, they’re an experience. Visit http://myturnstone.com/twist (http://myturnstone.com/twist) to learn more and receive 10% off your first order. http://twitter.com/myturnstone (http://twitter.com/turnstone) Filmed at WeWork in San Francisco @jason talks with the winner of the #LAUNCH2013 Festival @kristophm of @boxbee. ========================== Show our guests some love! Kristoph Matthews http://twitter.com/kristophm (http://twitter.com/kristophm) http;//twitter.com/boxbee (http;//twitter.com/boxbee) Boxbee pitching on stage at Launch 2013! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1B2sJJWVg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1B2sJJWVg)http://boxbee.com (http://boxbee.com) 2:25 Hey everybody! 3:15 Summary of the show & how to approach him in public 5:30 Thank you to our partners at ShareFile by Citrix, request, send and receive secure files! 8:45 Background on Boxbee and Founder Kristoph Matthews meeting Jason during launch 9:35 How did you end up applying for LAUNCH? 9:56 Did you meet Angel List founder? Did he feature you? 10:12 What happened after you put up Boxbee on Angel List? 10:55 What is the idea for Boxbee? 11:05 What does the mean? How does it work? 12:11 Who are you competing against? 13:07 What would it cost me to fill a 18’’x18’’ inch box normally? 13:41 How much for Boxbee? 14:05 How do you make money? Minimum store time? 14:30 How did you decide to do this? 15:58 Tell us about your experience at LAUNCH Festival 16:36 What was the process like? 18:00 Take us through the rehearsals 18:40 What did you learn at the rehearsals? 20:05 What’s it like looking out from stage with thousands of people in the crowd waiting to hear what you have to say? 21:10 Do you think the practice and group practice helped? 21:45 What was the feeling like when you got such a tremendous response from the judges? 22:30 Did you know at that point that you had a good chance of winning? 23:08 You had investors come and say what? 23:40 What day did you present? 24:00 Thank you to our partners at Turnstone! Beautiful office furniture! 28:45 How do you leverage the next day and a half until the awards ceremony? 29:45 Talk about the dinners, what were they like? 30:55 How confident were you of winning? Team? 33:45 What was it like the day after the event? 34:50 Is this going to be a massive amount of infrastructure? 35:36 What’s the advantage of being lean and agile? 36:25 What were the key learnings? 37:25 How do you put trust into the fabric of the company? 38:15 You joined Angel Pad, how’s that been? 39:15 How does the process work day to day with them? 39:40 When are you doing the demo with them? 40:30 How do you maintain composure? 42:15 Why do you think more entrepreneurs don’t seek mentorship? 43:22 It has to feel good to actually be doing the initial work? 44:25 What do you think a year from now you’re going to be able to say is true if you execute? 45:44 Is there a classic rollout plan in the startup community? 48:25 Any messages for those out there sitting on the bench wondering if they can do it? 54:05 Thank you to our partners! ============== Full Transcript NARRATOR: Distribution provided by CloudSigma. The cloud that adapts to you. Visit CloudSigma.com/ThisWeekIn for a free $200 credit. Today's episode of "This Week in Startups" is brought to you by Turnstone. More than furniture, we are an experience. Go to MyTurnstone.
