Funded | How They Raised Millions
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The tech media loves a splashy funding announcement - millions of dollars injected into a hot startup primed to become a unicorn. But what about the work behind those headlines? Host Jason Yeh, a former VC and venture-backed startup founder, talks with entrepreneurs about how they raised the capital to launch world-changing startups. Their conversations uncover incredible stories including cautionary tales, inspirational memories, and even some insightful tips. Keep up with us on social @fundedpod to learn more.
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How John Patrick Mullin Closed a $11M Round for MANTRA (John Patrick Mullin / MANTRA - Ep 53)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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TBC106: Mastering Final VC Meetings
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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TBC105: How to Build Momentum During a Fundraise
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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TBC104: Why Raise From Angels PART TWO
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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TBC103: Why Founders Should Consider Raising From Angels
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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How Ron Belldegrun Closed a $95M Series C for ByHeart (Ron Belldegrun / ByHeart - Ep 52)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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TBC102: A Tale of Two Investors
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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TBC101: The Importance of Jumping on Planes
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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TBC100: Likability vs. Brilliance
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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How Curtis Northcutt Closed a $25M Series A for Cleanlab (Curtis Northcutt / Cleanlab - Ep 51)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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TBC99: How Anxiety Ruins Warm Intros
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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TBC98: GPs Have Trouble Raising Too
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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TBC97: How to Build Awareness as a Founder the Right Way
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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TBC96: How to Handle the Heat of an Investor Pitch
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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How Teasha Cable Closed a $1M Seed Round for CModel (Teasha Cable / CModel - Ep 50)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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TBC95: Types & Motivations of Angel Investors
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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TBC94: Unpacking Uncapped SAFEs
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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TBC93: Valuations, SAFEs & Convertible Notes Explained
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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How Michael Diesu Closed a $2.5M Seed Round for Revenue Roll (Michael Diesu / Revenue Roll - Ep 49)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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TBC92: Revisiting Post-Money vs Pre-Money Cap SAFEs
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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TBC91: Investor Lists & Launching a Fundraise (HOW TO)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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How Christal Wang Closed a $2.2M Seed Round for Shimmer (Christal Wang / Shimmer - Ep 48)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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TBC90: What Do Pre-Seed & Seed Rounds Look Like in This Market?
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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TBC89: Why You Need Deadlines for Your Raise
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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How Orri Bogdan Raised a $2M Seed Round for VAE Labs (Orri Bogdan / VAE Labs - Ep 47)
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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TBC88: How To Show VCs Traction
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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TBC87: Answering Founders Questions About The Fundraising Process
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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How Coco Brown Raised $2.5M in Venture Capital for Athena Alliance (Coco Brown / Athena Alliance - Ep 46)
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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TBC86: How Do I handle Inbound Interest From VCs?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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TBC85: 5 Controversial Fundraising Ideas
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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How Brian Raymond Raised $65 Million in Funding for Unstructured IO (Brian Raymond / Unstructured IO - Ep 45)
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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TBC84: Why Smart People Struggle With Fundraising
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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TBC83: Answering Founders Questions About Pitch Decks
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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How Analisa Goodin Raised Over $31 Million in Funding for Catch+Release (Analisa Goodin / Catch+Release - Ep 44)
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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TBC82: Understanding VC Signals
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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TBC81: Answering Your Questions About Getting Passed On
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Story Behind Incognia's Pivot & How it Led Them to Raise $45.6M
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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TBC80: Why Monthly Investor Newsletters Might Be a Bad Idea for Founders
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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TBC: Is Silicon Valley Still the Place to Be for Startups? (TBC79)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The Story Behind Lex's $5.6M Seed Round (Jennifer Lewis / Lex - Ep 42)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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TBC: How Much Should I Raise? (TBC78)
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May 30, 2024 |
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TBC: How I Work - For Easily Distracted Founders (TBC77)
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May 23, 2024 |
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The Journey of Ian Swanson Starting 3 Venture-Backed Successes (Ian Swanson / Protect AI)
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May 21, 2024 |
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TBC: Why Every Founder Needs Third-Party Feedback (TBC76)
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May 16, 2024 |
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TBC: Pro Tip for VC's - The Personal Newsletter (TBC75)
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May 09, 2024 |
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How Nancy Xu Raised $10M for Moonhub (Nancy Xu / Moonhub - Ep 40)
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May 07, 2024 |
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TBC: How & Why to Get a Technical Co-founder (TBC74)
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May 02, 2024 |
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TBC: Addressing Competition With Investors (TBC73)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The Story Behind SGNL Raising $22M in 2 Years (Scott Kriz / SGNL - Ep 39)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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TBC: Understanding VC Firms to Send the Right Signals (TBC72)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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TBC: Dilution 101 For Founders (TBC71)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The Story Behind Purple Metrics Closing Their $1.2M Pre-Seed Round (Guta Tolmasquim / Purple Metrics - Ep 38)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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TBC: Why the Pre-Seed Round Was Created... and How It's Changed (TBC70)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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TBC: Taking Advice From Charlie Munger (TBC69)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The Story Behind Atlys Raising $16.3M in Venture Capital (Mohak Nahta / Atlys - Ep 37)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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TBC: Should You Announce Your Fundraise? Pros vs Cons. (TBC68)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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TBC: The 7 Forms of Support You Need to Fundraise (TBC67)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Betting on Yourself: The Journey to Closing a $7.6M Seed Round (Stacy Edgar / Venteur - Ep 36)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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TBC: Lead vs. Co-Lead Investors (TBC66)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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TBC: Pattern Recognition (TBC65)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Builder Turned Fundraiser: Tractian's $45M Series B (Igor Marinelli / Tractian - Ep 35)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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TBC: The Use of Funds Slide (TBC64)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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TBC: The Secret Value of the Email Appendix (TBC63)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Trailblazing the VC Industry (Joanna Strober / Midi Health - Ep 34)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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TBC: 3 Tips for Choosing Service Providers (TBC62)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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TBC: What's the Deal With Thesis-Driven Firms? (TBC61)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Paying the Peter Thiel Price (Dylan Beynon / Mindbloom - Ep 33)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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TBC: Bouncing Back After Failure (TBC60)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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TBC: Creating a Story That Can Be Shared (TBC59)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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A Wyoming Success Story ( Heather Shoemaker / Language I/O - Ep 32)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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TBC: Should Founders Try Again With Investors Who've Passed? (TBC58)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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TBC: Don't Fall Into The Builder's Trap (TBC57)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Fundraising EQUALS Hard Work (Bobby Pinero / Levels - Ep 31)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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TBC: The Similarities Between Real Estate and Fundraising (TBC56)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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TBC: The Need For Support in Fundraising (TBC55)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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TBC: CEOs Should Always Be the Ones to Pitch (TBC54)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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TBC: Explaining "The Money Round" (TBC53)
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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TBC: Preparing For a Pitch Competition (TBC52)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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TBC: Data Rooms - What You Need to Know (TBC51)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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TBC: Pitching VCs Through a Screen (TBC50)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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TBC: Launch Before You're Ready (TBC49)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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TBC: How to Grow Your Network FAST (TBC48)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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TBC: Importance of CRM Systems When Fundraising (TBC47)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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TBC: Pre-seed vs. Seed - What's the difference? (TBC46)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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TBC: How to Handle Investor Rejection (TBC45)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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TBC: Preparing to Fundraise in a Down Market (TBC44)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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TBC: Build Your Reputation First (TBC43)
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Down by 20? Down But Not Out... (Tiffany Kelly / Curastory - Ep 30)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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TBC: Insights From My Trip to Brazil (TBC42)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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TBC: Work / Life Balance (TBC41)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Becoming the Pepsi to Indeed's Coke (Lucas Martinez / Talent.com - Ep 29)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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TBC: The Role of Emotions in Pitching (TBC40)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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TBC: What VCs Are Saying About AI Investing (TBC39)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Thriving With or Without Funding (Andrew Gazdecki / Acquire.com - Ep 28)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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TBC: Intros & Forwardable Emails (TBC38)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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TBC: Side Letter Warning (TBC37)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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The Hustlers Journey (Thomas McLeod / Arkive - Ep 27)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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TBC: Putting Project Management First (TBC36)
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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TBC: What Comes First - Calm Confidence or Investor Interest? (TBC35)
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Breaking the Status Quo (Lolita Taub / Ganas Ventures - Ep 26)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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TBC: Post Money Cap Safes have Anti-Dilution! (TBC34)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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TBC: Post Money Caps vs. Pre-money Caps (an explainer) (TBC33)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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TBC: Vulnerability in Fundraising (TBC32)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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TBC: The Rollercoaster of Fundraising (TBC31)
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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TBC: Deck-Building: Note Cards (TBC30)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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TBC: Chase or Be Chased? (TBC29)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Money Baggage in Fundraising (Shiloh Johnson / ComplYant - Ep25)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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TBC: Rest (TBC28)
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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TBC: How VCs are trained (TBC27)
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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TBC: The ability to be great is everywhere but resources are not (TBC25)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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TBC: Decks as Appetizers (TBC26)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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A Bubble valuation that's not so inflated? (Bubble / Emmanuel Straschnov - Ep24)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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TBC: The Importance And Fragility Of Credibility (TBC24)
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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TBC: Explaining "this isn't venture-backable" (TBC23)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Being The Pattern (Stax / Suneera Madhani - Ep23)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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TBC: Why in-person meetings are so valuable (TBC22)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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TBC: Eisenhower Matrix And Health Insurance (TBC21)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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The Times They Are A-Changin (Flow Club / Ricky Yean - Ep 22)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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TBC: VC Anxiety - Why am I seeing this deal? (TBC20)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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TBC: The dirty secret of thesis-driven firms (TBC19)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Finding The ‘Right’ Problem (Othership / Robbie Bent - Ep21)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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TBC: Pitch The Circle (TBC18)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Diverse Female Founders (Special Funded Ep)
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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TBC: Cold Intros vs. Warm Intros (TBC17)
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May 04, 2022 |
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TBC: The most famous pass ever (TBC16)
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May 02, 2022 |
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TBC: Rounds are going CRAZY fast... (TBC15)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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TBC: Narrative strategies and why they're important (TBC14)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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TBC: You should share your wins (TBC13)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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TBC: FOMO - a helluva drug (TBC12)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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TBC: The mistake of over-targeting investors (TBC11)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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TBC: Red Flag - solution looking for problems (TBC10)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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TBC: Warm up meetings with investors (TBC09)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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TBC: The different roles at a VC (TBC08)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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TBC: Fundraising like a salesperson (TBC07)
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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TBC: The benefits of intense fundraise prep (TBC06)
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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TBC: Should I stage my VC convos in tiers? (TBC05)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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TBC: Who should set valuation? (TBC04)
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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TBC: Why you should learn investor language (TBC03)
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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TBC: A thought on decks and appendices (TBC02)
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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TBC: Don't Be A Science Project (TBC01)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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TRAILER: What is The Backchannel (TBC)
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Announcement: What's New?
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Fundraising Holiday Blues (Grapevine / Emily Rasmussen - Ep20)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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If at First You Don't Succeed (Humming Homes / Adeel Malick - Ep19)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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The Culture of Preemptive Rounds (Neuro-ID / Jack Alton - Ep18)
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Catching a Steady Wave 🏄 (SteadyMD / Guy Friedman - Ep17)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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The Secret Science of Fundraising (REMIX: Levels / Sam Corcos - Ep16)
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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The Foreign Language of Fundraising (Cobli / Parker Treacy - Ep15)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Learning the Fundraising Dance (Nude Barre / Erin Carpenter - Ep14)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Investor Psychology 101 (Givingli / Nicole Emrani Green - Ep13)
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Stayin' Alive 🎶(Omaze / Matt Pohlson - Ep12)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Networking hard or hardly networking? (HMBradley / Zach Bruhnke - Ep11)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Good fundraising for a “good business” (ChargerHelp! / Kameale Terry - Ep09)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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From YC darling to fundraising powerhouse (Vanta / Christina Cacioppo - Ep10)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Funded Season 2 Trailer
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Acting like a master fundraiser (Yac / Justin Mitchell - Ep08)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Confidence is KEY...I think? (Sora / Laura Del Beccaro - Ep07)
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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F&F Round: 2020 Funding Trends with Russ Heddleston of DocSend (FF01)
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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The Secret Science of Fundraising (Part 2 of 2 - Levels / Sam Corcos - Ep06)
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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The Secret Science of Fundraising (Part 1 of 2 - Levels / Sam Corcos - Ep05)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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From rags to riches (Goodfair / Topper Luciani - Ep04 )
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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A different type of funding and a different type of "no" (Bite / Lindsay McCormick - Ep03)
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Sex sells, but does it raise money? (Coral / Isharna Walsh - Ep02 )
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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How to tell a story worth $140 million dollars (Zumper / Anthemos Georgiades Ep01)
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Coming Soon: Funded
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Oct 15, 2020 |