Nick Babayan

Director, Devonly Ltd · 1 appearance on the record.

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Nicholas Babaian is a technology entrepreneur and product leader best known as the co-founder and CEO of Lifecake, which was acquired by Canon Europe in 2015. Prior to founding Lifecake, he served as head of mobile product at Skype and held product roles at Microsoft and Yahoo.

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Babayan: Europe has major tech successes, but post-exit mafias remain underdeveloped
“Well, I mean, I think the list is pretty long of, you know, Spotify and Skype, and I mean, there's, yeah, there's a whole bunch of success stories. I think what probably hasn't happened yet is you don't have the mafias that have followed those yet necessarily.”
Nick Babayan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:01 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
Insight
Babayan: Multi-industry focus creates a healthier tech ecosystem in London
“Technology is, it's probably the technology hub for Europe and for the startup scene, but it's the regional hub for a bunch of other industries, especially industries that are being changed by technology, advertising, finance, the list is long, and I actually …”
Nick Babayan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:15 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
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Babayan: UK government tax agencies directly answer startup inquiries by phone
“When you're a very small startup, and you have questions about things like tax, you actually can pick up the phone and talk to somebody and get a real answer.”
Nick Babayan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:35 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
Opinion
Babayan: London ad agencies buck trend of poor corporate-startup partnerships
“You know, in general, large companies do not partner well, especially with small companies, but I think big advertising agencies in London have proven that wrong.”
Nick Babayan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:06 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
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Babayan: London media companies exchange ad reach for startup equity
“I think there's also an emerging trend in, in media for equity deals. Big media companies based here that have huge reach but feel maybe they're not playing a part in innovation and in some of the new ways that information is being spread and using some of the…”
Nick Babayan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:21 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything Jan 2, 2019 5m
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