Stanford Technology Ventures Program : Jessica Mah

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

A Startup is a Learning Experience

InDinero Founder Jessica Mah discusses the realities of the startup experience, in conversation with STVP faculty member and entrepreneur Steve Blank. Sharing the early successes ...

Podcast 60 minutes

Jessica Mah, inDinero

A Startup is a Learning Experience [Entire Talk]

InDinero Founder Jessica Mah discusses the realities of the startup experience, in conversation with STVP faculty member and entrepreneur Steve Blank. Sharing the early successes ...

Video 60 minutes

Jessica Mah , inDinero

A Startup is a Learning Experience [Entire Talk]

InDinero Founder Jessica Mah discusses the realities of the startup experience, in conversation with STVP faculty member and entrepreneur Steve Blank. Sharing the early successes ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Customer Feedback Tied to Product Development

"Get out of the building and actually watch [customers] use the product," says Jessica Mah, on the subject of customer feedback. Mah believes in-person customer ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Co-Founders Provide a Sanity Check

Entrepreneur Steve Blank asks inDinero Co-Founder Jessica Mah about the value of having a co-founder. Mah explains co-founder Andy Su provides a contrarian opinion to ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Launching Too Early

Jessica Mah, co-founder of inDinero, relates the impetus behind her company's initial launch. While quick to market, Mah now believes inDinero launched too early, succumbing ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Skip the Fancy Office

In this conversation with entrepreneur and investor Steve Blank, inDinero Co-Founder Jessica Mah offers a humorous story about the dangers of young startups moving into ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Avoid Vanity Metrics

Jessica Mah, co-founder of inDinero, warns entrepreneurs against putting faith in "vanity metrics," numbers that do not reflect the true success of a business, but ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

When Startups Get Press Coverage

Jessica Mah, co-founder of financial software firm inDinero, examines both the temporary benefits and possible downside to receiving early attention from media outlets. In conversation ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Making Your First Hires

Hiring employees who can meet deadlines and that are willing to work with customers is more important than hiring for pure intelligence, says Jessica Mah, ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

Are You Building Products Customer Want?

"What customers want isn't necessarily what you or your engineering team wants to build," says Jessica Mah, co-founder of inDinero. Mah relates her company's early ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

The Accelerator Experience

Jessica Mah, co-founder of inDinero, shares her experiences participating in Y-Combinator, an early stage startup accelerator. Beyond the financial support and connections accelerators can provide, ...

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Jessica Mah, inDinero

You Don't Need to Drop Out of College

As undergraduate students at the University of California Berkeley, Jessica Mah and a friend had an idea for a product that solved their problems managing ...

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