Andrew Ishimaru

CFO & Investor

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Growth Strategy for Data Compliance as-a-Service ft. Transcend.io

Growth Strategy for Data Compliance as-a-Service ft. Transcend.io

In a post-GDPR world, compliance with data regulation is now the cost of doing business, especially in the EU. I have mixed feelings about data regulation. On one hand, the…

Lessons Learned from a Startup Called WalMart - the Power of Merchandising

Lessons Learned from a Startup Called WalMart - the Power of Merchandising

A year ago I read a book called "Made in America" by Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart. It's a great read and gives insight into…

How to Market and Sell Open Source Software to Enterprise ft. Timescale & Red Hat

How to Market and Sell Open Source Software to Enterprise ft. Timescale & Red Hat

There's a timeless phenomenon in business where strong product teams struggle to market and sell their awesome goods. It's a travesty, really. In a perfect world…

Could Cannabis Private Labeling Be The Future of Weed Retail?

Could Cannabis Private Labeling Be The Future of Weed Retail?

Earlier today I came across a company called Stability Growth. They just raised a bunch of money to expand their commercial weed growing operation in Oklahoma. This got me thinking.…

Seed Stage Growth Strategy for a Real Estate Investment Startup Powered by Blockchain

Seed Stage Growth Strategy for a Real Estate Investment Startup Powered by Blockchain

Tokenization is something novel that I've been fascinated with for a while now. Way over-hyped in 2018 but not out for the count yet. The whole idea here…

Marketing Strategies for A Fractional Investment Company: How to Sell Fine Art and Other Things That Are Not Money (ft. Otis)

Marketing Strategies for A Fractional Investment Company: How to Sell Fine Art and Other Things That Are Not Money (ft. Otis)

Hello marketing squad, we've got an interesting company to strategize on today. It's called Otis and these guys promise 1%er assets to the everyman. Here&…

Sunday's Marketing Strategy: Growing a Lawn Care Subscription Box to $100m in Sales

Sunday's Marketing Strategy: Growing a Lawn Care Subscription Box to $100m in Sales

We're back at it with another bite-sized marketing strategy! Today we're taking a look at a company called Sunday. To be honest, I never thought I&…

$2 Million Series A Growth Strategy with Massless: Preparing VR Hardware for Launch

$2 Million Series A Growth Strategy with Massless: Preparing VR Hardware for Launch

VR / AR is something I've been curious about from the sidelines for a while. Not from a consumer perspective, but rather for industry application. I think there'…

FaaS Marketing Strategy ft. Mason

FaaS Marketing Strategy ft. Mason

This morning I came across an interesting company on ProductHunt called Mason. They have a tool they're calling "front end as a service" that looks like…

Scaling Beyond 150 Employees: 6 Growth Strategies for Signal Science's $35m Series C

Scaling Beyond 150 Employees: 6 Growth Strategies for Signal Science's $35m Series C

One of the top mega-trends of 2019 and beyond, is wtf we're doing to protect data across the web. The last few years have seen a whole stack…