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How To Build an AI-First Company with Ash Fontana

May 13, 2021
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Village Global Podcast

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Ash Fontana (@ashfontana), author of The AI-First Company and partner at Zetta Venture Partners, joined Erik for a fireside chat for Villagers in May 2021. They discussed:

- Why AI creates defensibility and a true, compounding, first-mover advantage.

- Why AI should be part of all conversations at your startup: about products to build, people to hire, what price to charge — it should all involve AI.

- The difference between Lean Startup and Lean AI.

- Common mistakes that early AI companies make, like spending too much on marketing and not enough on sales.

- The impacts of AI on hiring and the differences between a data PM and an ordinary PM.

- What you can do tomorrow to get started building an AI-first company.

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