Advisory Email – June 2021

In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month:

UPDATES 🎉
*NEW PROJECT* North of AI:

• A 3-phased project to educate, build awareness, and accelerate the adoption of AI solutions for organizations in supply chain/logistics.
• Instead of supporting AI startups through advice/content, the primary focus of this project is to create more customers for them.

Yukonstruct STEM-to-Market Startup Bootcamp: DONE! Congrats to the 7 companies who did an amazing job on demo day!

XaiPient (Adaptive Lead Scoring AI): 4 of 6 introductions turned into successful beta testers. Still looking for more!

Pricing Estimation Calculator:
Testing cold outreach using LinkedIn Sales Navigator + Email. Too early to make any inferences but here are some numbers:

• 2 campaigns, 29 emails sent.
• 48% response rate.
• 3 meetings booked, no closes yet.

Network

• Introductions made: 0 (explored 6 potential but they were not a fit)
• Introductions received: 1

LESSONS 🎓

• F*CKED up my LinkedIn contact export and misunderstood the double opt-in feature on MailChimp. Read about it in the UPDATE section of my blog post here.

GRATITUDE WALL 🤝

• All the amazing mentors and support orgs who made Yukonstruct’s STEM to Market cohort possible!
• Ziad Sahid for involving me in the North of AI project.
  • Ritesh Bansal and Prasad Chalasani for providing valuable feedback on it.
• Eoin Sheridan for more intros to entrepreneurs in Yukon who need support with market validation.
• Batis Samadian for involving me in Matterhorn Venture Studio.

ASKS 🙏
I’d love your feedback on the North of AI project to ensure it truly creates significant and long-lasting value. I’d love to speak to you if you’re:

• Running an AI startup.
• In supply chain/logistics or have a solution that’s specific to that industry.

Do reach out!

Next: July 2021 Advisory Newsletter