John Kojiro Moriwaka: Hip-Hop, Investing, Startup Grind, Japan, Georgia | archill podcast #16

John Kojiro Moriwaka: Hip-Hop, Investing, Startup Grind, Japan, Georgia | archill podcast #16

Meet John Kojiro Moriwaka, aka crazy John. CEO of Silicon Valley Ventures, Director of 3 Startup Grind chapters in Japan Tokyo, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. Besides that, John is a recognized Japanese businessman, columnist, visiting professor, rapper, and painter. He is an advisor to many startups and global companies, venture capital firms, and a mentor in many accelerator programs all around the world. CONTACT US: - John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kojiro-moriwaka-431a334a/ - Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Crazy John, nickname origin 02:30 Hip Hop, Painting and Entrepreneurship 06:42 First steps in entrepreneurship 12:02 Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship 15:30 What is Angel Investing? 20:58 What is Venture Capital? 22:28 What are investors looking for? 26:28 Startup Funding Stages 29:50 Japanese Startup Ecosystem 39:12 Silicon Valley Ventures  40:48 Startup Grind Japan 49:30 Visiting Georgia

Giorgi Lekveishvili: Building Next Generation Cloud Platform | archill podcast #15

In this episode we talked about Dodo, next generation open-source cloud platform Giorgi is building. We explored all the tech details and had an amazing demo. If you want to get access to Dodo, reach out to us and we will make it happen. Contact Us: - Giorgi's Email: giolekva@gmail.com - Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 03:23 What is Dodo? 08:47 Gitlab vs Dodo 12:08 Dodo as Heroku 13:40 Demo, Creating Service With Dodo App 33:30 Tech Behind Dodo 01:04:50 Outro

Dachi Choladze: Team Culture, Hiring, Co-founders, San Francisco, Pulsar AI | archill podcast #14

Meet Dachi, amazing tech entrepreneur with an incredible success story from his co-founded startup, Pulsar AI. In this episode, we talked a lot about nitty-gritty details of starting a startup. All fresh from Dachi's personal experience. Don't forget to like, subscribe and tell your friends about archill podcast. EPISODE LINKS: - Dachi's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/choladze/ - Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Doing Things Alone Isn’t Fun 01:54 Creating Friendly Team Culture 10:05 Founding Pulsar AI 16:35 Landing First Customer Contract 23:05 First Visit to San Francisco: Power of Networking 30:16 Fake It Till You Make It 34:40 Talking to Customers and Collecting Feedback 45:28 Dachi’s Role as CEO 49:10 Dealing with Co-Founders 53:42 Lessons Learned for Future Startup 59:50 Outro

Tibo Louis-Lucas: Fail Fast, Building Startups, Acquisition, Twitter, revid.ai | archill podcast #13

Meet Tibo, cofounder of Tweet Hunter and Taplio. Couple years ago Tibo joined forces with his co-founder, and started to build stuff together. They did this crazy thing and launched new project every week. After shipping more than 10 products, eventually 1 took off, and got acquired for 10 million dollars. Currently working on a startup revid.ai which let's you create viral AI TikTok videos in minutes. EPISODE LINKS: - Viral AI TikTok Videos in minutes, revid.ai: https://www.revid.ai/ - Tweet Hunter: https://tweethunter.io/ - Taplio: https://taplio.com/ - Tibo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibaultll/ - Tibo's Twitter: https://x.com/tibo_maker - Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Starting in Entrepreneurship 04:18 Quitting Job 05:40 Power of Co-Founders 06:53 Shipping 1 Product a Week 08:35 Creating Tweet Hunter 11:38 Partnering with Twitter Influencer 14:22 Surviving Twitter API Blocked Access 19:02 Working on Taplio 23:26 Talking to Users 25:45 No Need for Investments 26:52 Time Management 28:20 Exiting Tweet Hunter and Taplio 33:45 Leaving Tweet Hunter and Taplio 34:48 Acquiring Typeframes, Creating revid.ai 37:08 Validating Ideas On Twitter 39:52 Newsletter Platform 41:30 Acquiring VS Building from scratch 42:52 Outro

Mirian Khomeriki: Project Management, Agile, Managing Stress, Empathy | archill podcast #12

Meet Mirian Khomeriki, Head of Engineering at Clientela. Over the years Mirian has occupied different project management positions at various companies. Besides managing engineers, he is an active educator. Constantly giving lectures and mentoring young entrepreneurs. EPISODE LINKS: - Mirian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miro-khomeriki-66618558/ - Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 01:30 What Makes a Successful Digital Product 08:28 What is Agile? 25:50 The Role of Project Managers 37:38 Managing Stress as Project Managers 46:05 Head of Engineering at Clientela 49:12 Dealing with People, Importance of Empathy 58:36 Outro