9 Months Zero Code, $75M Raised | Merge, Shensi Ding

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  • Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025

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  • @entreprenuership_opportunities
    @entreprenuership_opportunities  19 дней назад +5

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  • @nduwaflorent
    @nduwaflorent 6 дней назад +1

    The first 2 minutes of this is gold. Spend 99.9% of your time talking to customers and getting their pain points, especially in the early days!

  • @millertime6
    @millertime6 19 дней назад +20

    These api platforms are so important since most companies have dozens of different SaaS products that need to be connected. Great job 👏🏽

    • @Brodragon2225
      @Brodragon2225 16 дней назад +1

      there is too much competition i think startup culture in us is going downhill founders are just doing same thing and gaslighting.Even china now got same ai capabilities with so low cost

    • @조바이든-r6r
      @조바이든-r6r 13 дней назад

      @@Brodragon2225 truth. idk how they can earn that amount of money when china is doing exactly same hting

  • @inboxpilot
    @inboxpilot 20 дней назад +117

    Felt like the product was "raising money" ...

    • @shuang7877
      @shuang7877 19 дней назад +1

      I keep hearing this kind of comments whenever the products are more technnically-oriented. She literally said nothing about raising money

    • @inboxpilot
      @inboxpilot 19 дней назад +13

      @It’s literally in the title… nothing against her, I just feel like a lot of entrepreneurs nowadays appreciate more to hear stories about products that are actually generating money - 75m$ revenue sounds better than 75$m raised.

    • @shuang7877
      @shuang7877 19 дней назад +5

      @@inboxpilot yes I agree with you whole-heartedly. I was actually much more interested in the "7 months research" she did before even start building the products but it was just mentioned in passing. One would imagine it's extremely hard to conduct this type of b2b research - it's not like asking people if they like chocolate mink cookies made of avocado. That said, I think entrepreneurs today still care a lot about raising money rather than "how did they find the problem to solve in the first place" and "how can they have the hypothesis that enough companies will need the product"

    • @LloydDewolf
      @LloydDewolf 16 дней назад

      EO editing did Ding a dirty.. I’ve rewatched the first segment now a few times and noting in the YT title maps.

  • @NguyễnPhúTrọng-w9g
    @NguyễnPhúTrọng-w9g 13 дней назад +4

    its not about ideas or coding, its about the ability to raise money! tons of money are lost through these start up because its part of the taking risk culture of investing, so its not about the product its about the ability to sell it

  • @charlievollmer1389
    @charlievollmer1389 14 дней назад +2

    I’d love to work with this woman. Excellent. 💪🏼

  • @TadiousKakooza
    @TadiousKakooza 19 дней назад +15

    Getting a good cofounder is very key to any startup. Am wrking on a techn startup in the construction industry but getting a cofounder has been one of my challenge.

    • @Rajaraman-hj8zb
      @Rajaraman-hj8zb 19 дней назад +1

      Come bro let's work together ❤️

    • @maosamoelaabraham5012
      @maosamoelaabraham5012 19 дней назад +1

      That's true, a good cofounder is the key.

    • @bigkesh441
      @bigkesh441 19 дней назад +1

      Don't wait for anybody. Go ahead and start. Co founder will come along the way

    • @MyJourney2succeed
      @MyJourney2succeed 18 дней назад

      It's difficult finding a co founder as driven as you. I've found a few have been complacent and haven't added much input. Still waiting for a co founder that's driven as I am. Hopefully one day!

    • @nemisez73
      @nemisez73 18 дней назад

      Facing a very similar problem.

  • @TechMadeleine
    @TechMadeleine 17 дней назад +2

    I loved the video she gave priceless advice! 🎉

  • @123246265245
    @123246265245 15 дней назад +1

    this was a great mini interview!

  • @corruptedknight0
    @corruptedknight0 17 дней назад +41

    Next episode: Stop having a product, how I raised 100 million without a product.

  • @localetheric
    @localetheric 19 дней назад +1

    Great insights! Super in line with heavy R&D before launch.

  • @TheGuillotineKing
    @TheGuillotineKing 18 дней назад +3

    Fun Fact the first rule of business is buy low sell high

  • @atomparish
    @atomparish 15 часов назад

    Cracks me up when people say they have product market fit yet they’re pre customers and pre revenue.

  • @ONESOLUTIONREVOLUTION-d2i
    @ONESOLUTIONREVOLUTION-d2i 20 дней назад +1

    thank you shensi ding

  • @dohenyaudio
    @dohenyaudio 20 дней назад +4

    This is wonderful, Thanks!

  • @yasufadhili
    @yasufadhili 20 дней назад +24

    Guys what's the product here?

    • @ShauryaRajRathore
      @ShauryaRajRathore 20 дней назад +28

      It is a unified API platform. In software when you are building a Saas(Software as a service) product you usually have to integrate with a lot of other Saas products using APIs. Instead of integrating individually with these products you can just integrate with merge(the product in the video) and they handle all the integrations for you. Saves a ton of time.

    • @oussamaelfallah7971
      @oussamaelfallah7971 15 дней назад +1

      ​@@ShauryaRajRathore thx ❤

  • @santiagomerlot
    @santiagomerlot 19 дней назад +24

    They BOTH studied coding?? wheres the no code part.?

    • @sohamsur2218
      @sohamsur2218 19 дней назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @dishankshah5080
      @dishankshah5080 18 дней назад +2

      It was in the context of researching and studying the market before building

  • @coktele666
    @coktele666 14 дней назад +1

    Great topic! But I've noticed that many Americans, especially women, often use a particular tone of voice when speaking. Is there a cultural or linguistic reason behind it? I'm curious to understand.

    • @jessicat9198
      @jessicat9198 8 дней назад +1

      It's called vocal fry and it makes this interview almost impossible to listen to 😩

  • @valentinofessio69
    @valentinofessio69 12 дней назад +2

    This is so misleading. They didnt code, because they already had a product! That needed code to make it.

  • @captainjacksparrow1
    @captainjacksparrow1 19 дней назад +30

    her accent is the worst part

  • @probot7588
    @probot7588 19 дней назад +4

    Hi i am from India and i looking for co-founder for my software company

    • @madanhamuchineuta3157
      @madanhamuchineuta3157 17 дней назад +3

      I want you to be my cofounder lol. 😂

    • @scephiro
      @scephiro 16 дней назад

      In the RUclips Comments section?

    • @haryworldc
      @haryworldc 6 дней назад

      @probot7588 do you have a working prototype or an idea?

  • @jimihendrixx11
    @jimihendrixx11 16 дней назад +1

    Prefer not to compete

  • @rehaanrizwick
    @rehaanrizwick 10 дней назад

    Everything in this video can be found through a 10 minute google search

  • @tututu4220
    @tututu4220 19 дней назад +17

    that posh accent nvm lol

  • @Maaaaars
    @Maaaaars 17 дней назад

    Ah~~~I got to the final round with this company and they cancelled on me. They wanted people in NYC but I wanted to go to the SF office.

  • @aberba
    @aberba 13 дней назад +2

    Too much abstraction. Also, why does she keep stretching her words?

  • @lonestarlead
    @lonestarlead 17 дней назад +2

    researching for 6 months without doing any actual work is insane. build iterate until you find product market fit

    • @Chibuike_D._Nze
      @Chibuike_D._Nze 17 дней назад

      This method is great if you have money. But it is the best

  • @savrah
    @savrah 10 дней назад +3

    LA accent.. Kim Kardashian

  • @I.LOVE.ISRAEL.
    @I.LOVE.ISRAEL. 13 дней назад +2

    She talks like the coffee shop girl from Laudermilk 😂

  • @satya007satya
    @satya007satya 11 дней назад +1

    They should stop cheering up when raising money, show me the profit baby 😂

  • @ap6471
    @ap6471 16 дней назад +3

    Dude her voice though 😂

  • @Tony-Red
    @Tony-Red 14 дней назад

    She makes great points, only sad thing was having to listen to her severe case of vocal fryyyyy

  • @JunixZzHD
    @JunixZzHD 3 дня назад

    The vocal rasp is insane...

  • @scephiro
    @scephiro 16 дней назад +1

    Lost me at Step 1

  • @SubodhKulkarniBot
    @SubodhKulkarniBot 8 дней назад +1

    The accent is very cali

  • @dan_jharper
    @dan_jharper 17 дней назад

    Surely there are real inventors and engineers who would have put this capital to better use. Whoever their VC who funded this round should be ashamed.

  • @manonamission2000
    @manonamission2000 17 дней назад +1

    vaporware

  • @mohdsameer2445
    @mohdsameer2445 14 дней назад

    yapping

  • @explicamen
    @explicamen 5 дней назад

    The way of talking is annoying me. First time happening, what region is this accent or way of talking?

  • @crebspark
    @crebspark 13 дней назад

    love it

  • @Kittyfinds
    @Kittyfinds 15 дней назад

    Mmm..okmmm...mmm

  • @greencoolmoss
    @greencoolmoss 16 дней назад

    Beautiful woman

  • @inflationking1271
    @inflationking1271 12 дней назад

    Aha don't build but spend a year in "stealth mode". What a rediculously anoying person

  • @younesaberkane6721
    @younesaberkane6721 7 дней назад

    Interesting subject, empty video, intolerable voice.

  • @NikhilAbhiraj
    @NikhilAbhiraj 5 дней назад

    why does she talk like that.??

  • @thisisneti
    @thisisneti 19 дней назад

    I am building a software with AI that could use an investment. Can you help me? Just hear me out!

    • @Soya8827
      @Soya8827 19 дней назад +2

      Coding with ai?

    • @NoysrAI
      @NoysrAI 19 дней назад +1

      Ok ill hear you our tell me about it

    • @emekaetube538
      @emekaetube538 19 дней назад

      I can help you find investors

  • @dxfault576
    @dxfault576 3 дня назад +1

    So she just sold an idea? Not even attempted to build it?

  • @kushal1
    @kushal1 11 дней назад +1

    Your tone reminded me of ruclips.net/video/F2y5q31E1gQ/видео.htmlsi=xJEdSc2coICX9q0V
    So, I won't ask the founder why are you talking like that, but my genuine question is that why are we celebrating debt before building the product.

  • @AnnoyingRat2610
    @AnnoyingRat2610 12 дней назад

    ding dong ding