Ben Radcliffe
Co-Founder and CEO at Braiv
Ben Radcliffe is founder and chief executive of Braiv, an AI-powered video platform that automates dubbing, thumbnail generation and short-form clip creation for creators and podcast studios. He spent more than 15 years in enterprise technology, including as a systems engineer on Apple's NSW education team, before building Braiv out of frustration with manual file delivery and content packaging while producing his own podcast, The Diary of a Founder. On Pick My Brain, host Alan Jones broke down Braiv's investor pitch.
Career
- Now Co-Founder and CEO · Braiv
- Earlier Systems Engineer, NSW Education team · Apple
Sources: braiv.co
Key moments
Jump straight to the part of How to Hook Investors: Alan Jones Breaks Down Braiv’s Winning Pitch you want.
- 1:37 Ben’s pitch: The AI-powered platform breaking language barriers
- 3:25 What makes Braiv’s multi-language video player a world-first
- 5:16 Alan’s pitch feedback: Less jargon, more real-world examples
- 7:00 Why investor decks should lead with traction, not theory
- 9:57 $2K in beta revenue and a paying customer found through Google Ads
- 12:56 The real value of paid growth experiments for early-stage startups
- 13:53 Knowing your true customer persona (and how fast it changes)
Connections
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