20 VC 061: Roxanne Varza on Pitching A VC in 10 Minutes and Maximising Media Exposure For Your Startup

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🗓️ 10 August 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Roxanne Varza is currently the startup lead for Microsoft in France, running both Microsoft Ventures Paris and Bizspark. Prior to Microsoft, Roxanne was Editor of TechCrunch France and has been a guest author for the likes of The Telegraph and Business Insider. Roxanne is also the Co-Founder of Tech.eu, one of the few publications to cover the European tech industry as a whole, with the brilliant Robin Wauters. If that wasn't enough Roxanne is also the Co-Founder of Girls In Tech both in Paris and London, which aims to raise the visibility of women in technology,entrepreneurship and innovation though monthly events, leadership programmes and much more. Roxanne has won a range of accolade including Top 30 Women Under 30 In Tech, Coolest 25 Women in Tech and 10 Women Shaking Up Tech In Their 30s.

P.S. If you are looking for an amazing new podcast on the Tech Scene in Europe, check out Tech.eu's new show here: Tech.eu Podcast #4

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

How Roxanne made her move into the tech industry and then made the move from TechCrunch to running Microsoft's Accelerator in Paris?
What would Roxanne recommend to people in tech contemplating moving countries?
What are the best and most effective ways to learn code from scratch?
What is the mission at Microsoft Ventures? What is the deal? What are the benefits?
In the 10 minute pitch to Roxanne, what does Microsoft want to hear?
How does Microsoft determine product-market fit?
What does the increase in US funds entering the European market suggest?
What are the benefits for startups of having global investors?
What can startups do to increase their media exposure in the sea of new startups?
What do journalists look for in emails from founders?
How can founders be successful through submitting guest posts?
What are the best and most effective ways to learn code from scratch?

Items Mentioned in Today's Show:

Roxanne's Fave Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Roxanne's Reading Material: News.me: Digg

Fred Wilson: Investing In Startups In Europe

Microsoft Ventures Alumni: Zocdoc: Find a Doctor, Xobni: Your Smarter Address Book Is Waiting

As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Roxanne on Twitter right here!

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to the 20 minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings. And today we bring you an incredibly special guest in the form of Roxanne Vaza.
0:09.0	Roxanne is currently the startup lead for Microsoft in France, running both Microsoft Ventures Paris and BizSpark.
0:17.0	And prior to Microsoft, Roxanne was the editor of TechCrunch France and has been a guest
0:22.8	author for the likes of The Telegraph and Business Insider. Roxanne is also the co-founder of Tech.EU,
0:29.8	one of the few publications to cover the European tech industry as a whole with the brilliant
0:34.7	Robin Waters. If that wasn't enough, Roxanne is also the co-founder
0:38.7	of Girls in Tech, both in Paris and in London, which aims to raise the visibility of women
0:45.0	in technology, entrepreneurship and innovation through monthly events, leadership programs,
0:50.6	and much more. Roxanne has won a numerous amount of accolades including top 30 women
0:56.2	under 30 in tech, coolest 25 women in tech and 10 women shaking up tech in their 30s. But let's first
1:04.4	take a moment to thank hiring screen, which is the most fantastic recruitment tool that I personally
1:09.8	used to hire my brilliant assistant Jackie.
1:12.5	We all know that the hiring process is hopelessly broken.
1:15.9	So with hiring screen, all the candidates are displayed through a beautiful user interface
1:20.3	and ranked according to hiring screen's blink algorithm, saving hours of time and money in the recruitment process.
1:28.3	Three, two, one, zero.
1:33.3	You have now arrived at your destination.
1:37.3	Roxanne, it's great to have you on the 20 minute VC.
1:40.3	Thank you, loving to be here.
1:42.3	Now, you've had a phenomenally successful career from tech crunch to girls in tech to tech.
1:48.0	But where did it all start?
1:50.0	What's the Roxanne Vaza story?
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