Startup storytelling with Siqi Chen

Lessons from $30M+ raised, viral launches, and advice from House of Cards producer

“Every startup should start with a story.”

Meet Siqi Chen, the founder of startup finance platform Runway and an investor in 30+ startups. Siqi’s most recent launch of Runway went viral and blew up the internet, and I knew we needed to chat launch tactics.

We talked about:

  • How to nail your startup’s story before launch day

  • Why he hired the Executive Producer of House of Cards as an advisor to his startup (and what he learned working with him 🤯)

  • “Good design is still underrated in startups”

  • How to avoid telling the same story as other startups

  • Preparing and executing a viral launch

Watch here or listen to The Jason Levin Show on all podcast platforms.

Thanks for reading, nerds.

Let’s blow up the internet together.

Jason Levin