Tim Draper hosts a panel of founders pitching startups. One company has hit $415K in revenue but worries about brand safety when ads run next to news coverage. Another discusses Kasi, a product for legal record-keeping, and how to reach their first customer, someone they call Dad.
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I'll just say this. I've sold an ad or two in my lifetime.
A lot of them.
And there is a sensitivity to putting your brand logo up next to news. You might want to think about what is the type of content that a brand would feel comfortable having their logo up against. Is it news talking about the war and conflict in the Middle East? Or is it other types of content that might be more brand safe?
I've seen 4 or 5 different companies doing something similar. None of them have really taken off. $415K in revenue. Avenues, that's good. I mean, I'm looking for a trillion-dollar business. What happens here? Why is this better than those things that are already out here?
But I have a question. You said if this works out. What's the one thing that has to happen to turn that if into like it does?
Why do we need help?
Is it about reminding me to be kind? So like, I have the ability, I just forget.
Is there an opportunity for Kasi to actually help own a more democratized or easily accessible record of how certain cases might be evaluated in the court of law?
And can that information What happens when Salesforce comes in and sees you and says, hey, I can do this? So how does it work? Okay, so let's say Dad is your possible customer. Yep. How do you find him?
Yes.
And then how do you pitch him with either voice or text or email?
