Kat Mañalac
11 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2018 by Kat Mañalac · said 15 times in 8 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Craig Cannon (8), Kat Mignalek (1), David Hua (1), Alexandria Lafci (1)
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon · Y Combinator
- Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting · Y Combinator
- Cannabis Startup Founders David Hua and Vincent Ning on Legalization, Banking, and Industry Trends · Y Combinator
- Mathilde Collin on Feature Prioritization and Employee Retention at Front · Y Combinator
- 3D Home Printing for the Developing World – Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity · Y Combinator
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Kat Mañalac, oldest first
Sep 19, 2018 positive
Mañalac: Early-stage startups should offer press exclusives to secure reporter interest
“A reporter is more likely to pick up your story and write it if they get an exclusive, if they can break the news, if they can get that scoop. So I recommend offering that one publication at exclusive, and once you're a bigger company, and more of a household …”
Sep 19, 2018 positive
Sep 19, 2018
Mañalac: PR announcements require an absolute minimum of two weeks lead time
“Say you want to announce something two or three weeks from now, give it at the very least two weeks for the whole process of warm introductions and making, you know, a, you know, meeting with that reporter and then having the piece come out. So two weeks is th…”
Sep 19, 2018 positive
Mañalac: Outline three to five key points rather than over-rehearsing press interviews
“What I typically tell founders to do is have answers to all those questions and then what I recommend doing before talking to press is bullet pointing the three to five points that you want to make sure to talk about in an interview, and then let the rest of t…”
Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018
Feb 9, 2023 positive
Feb 9, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 bearish
Mañalac: Press is not scalable and will not create product-market fit
“Even if you do land press, it's not a silver bullet. It's not a scalable way to get users. It might help you get in front of some early users and investors, but as you see, press can't be counted on for sustained growth. It will not get you to product market f…”
Feb 9, 2023