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226. Rays of Hope, Paths Forward
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Apr 26, 2024 |
225. Seed Crust: This is the Seed Crust
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Apr 25, 2024 |
224. Seed Crust: VC Allocation Shift
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Apr 24, 2024 |
223. Seed Crust: Backlogs Everywhere
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Apr 23, 2024 |
222. Seed Crust: The Story So Far
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Apr 22, 2024 |
221. Post-Fundraising, Hire Smart and Celebrate! feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners
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Apr 19, 2024 |
220. Negotiating Valuation feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners
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Apr 18, 2024 |
219. Create a Board Team to Drive a Fundraise feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners
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Apr 17, 2024 |
218. Early Financial Pitfalls feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners
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Apr 16, 2024 |
217. CFOs Help You Understand Your Business feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners
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Apr 15, 2024 |
216. What You Can and Can't Control feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House
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Apr 12, 2024 |
215. Mental Game of Fundraising feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House
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Apr 11, 2024 |
214. Time-wasting VCs feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House
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Apr 10, 2024 |
213. Raising During a Downturn feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House
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Apr 09, 2024 |
212. Raising During Boom Times feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House
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Apr 08, 2024 |
211. The Pitch Deck is YOUR Story
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Apr 05, 2024 |
210. The Real Reason Long Pitch Decks Are A Red Flag
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Apr 04, 2024 |
209. Send the Update!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
208. Honing Your Target Customer
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Apr 02, 2024 |
207. Why now?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
206. Lessons Leading: Why Most Venture Funds Don't Lead
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Mar 22, 2024 |
205. Lessons Leading: Momentum
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Mar 21, 2024 |
204. Lessons Leading: The Business Agreement And Back To Relationships
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Mar 20, 2024 |
203. Lessons Leading: Manage Legal Depth
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Mar 19, 2024 |
202. Lessons From Leading My First Round: Relationships & Lawyers
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Mar 18, 2024 |
201. It's Supposed To Be Hard feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona
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Mar 15, 2024 |
200. Fundraise Process feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona
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Mar 14, 2024 |
199. The Deck Stands Alone feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona
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Mar 13, 2024 |
198. Master Three Pitches feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona
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Mar 12, 2024 |
197. Fundraising Is A Core Skill feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona
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Mar 11, 2024 |
196. Startup Maxims: Do Things That Don't Scale
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Mar 08, 2024 |
195. Not ABF. Instead, Always Be Cheerleading feat. Liz Giorgi, CEO & Co-Founder of Soona
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Mar 07, 2024 |
194. Startup Maxims: Invest in Lines, Not Dots? Investors Invest In Relationships.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
193. Startup Maxims: Always Be Fundraising. Really?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
192. Startup Maxims: Ask for Money, Get Advice
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Mar 04, 2024 |
191. The Purpose of the First Meeting feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Mar 01, 2024 |
190. A VC's Job Is NOT To Write Checks feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 29, 2024 |
189. Features Don't Sell Products feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 28, 2024 |
188. #1 Killer of Startups feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 27, 2024 |
187. CEO Has Three Responsibilities feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 26, 2024 |
186. This Will Not Be Your Last Startup feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 23, 2024 |
185. Three Questions To Ask Before Shutting Down feat. Eric Marcoullier
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Feb 22, 2024 |
184. Three Ways To Shut Down & The Terminal Plan
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Feb 21, 2024 |
183. Shut Down Week and Write Offs
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Feb 20, 2024 |
182. The Two Things I'm Looking For In A Deck
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Feb 16, 2024 |
181. The Power of Specificity
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Feb 15, 2024 |
180. Follow Ons Part 3: The Follow-On Death Spiral
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Feb 14, 2024 |
179. Follow Ons Part 2: Everything Takes Longer
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Feb 13, 2024 |
178. Follow Ons Part 1: Lengthening of Seed Phase
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Feb 12, 2024 |
177. Follow Up on DocSend Opens
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Feb 09, 2024 |
176. Simplicity is Genius
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Feb 08, 2024 |
175. Start With Your Elevator Pitch
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Feb 07, 2024 |
174. The Power of Updates
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Feb 06, 2024 |
173. Season 4 Kick Off
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Feb 05, 2024 |
172. Valuation Is Only One Part of the Term Sheet feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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Nov 10, 2023 |
171. Key Terms for Founders Negotiating Term Sheets feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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Nov 09, 2023 |
170. Asking VC Questions Builds Relationships and Gets Clear Answers feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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Nov 08, 2023 |
169. Fundraising Process Starts With Storytelling, Network and Finding the Best Partner feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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Nov 07, 2023 |
168. Raising 9 Rounds in 10 Years for 2 Companies, He's Not Building the Plane While Flying It, feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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Nov 07, 2023 |
167. Working Up From the Bottom, Get Investors By Building an Investable Business feat. Curt Nichols, Founder & CEO at Glade Optics
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Nov 03, 2023 |
166. Benefits of RBI vs. Fee-Based Lenders, Deal Terms and Aligning Founder+Investor Interests feat. Curt Nichols, Founder & CEO at Glade Optics
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Nov 02, 2023 |
165. Retaining Ownership: RBI vs. VC and Real World Implications of Bootstrapping feat. Curt Nichols, Founder & CEO at Glade Optics
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Nov 01, 2023 |
164. Exits, Ownership, Alignment with Investors and Revenue-Based Finance, feat. Curt Nichols, Founder & CEO at Glade Optics
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Oct 31, 2023 |
163. Meet Curt, Bootstrapping on Credit Cards feat. Curt Nichols, Founder & CEO at Glade Optics
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Oct 30, 2023 |
162. Utilize Fractional Talent To Access Experienced Executives feat. Matt Blumberg, Co-founder & CEO @ Bolster
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Sep 29, 2023 |
161. Reach High to Build an Amazing Board of Independent Directors feat. Matt Blumberg, Co-founder & CEO @ Bolster
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Sep 28, 2023 |
160. Prep to Hire and Fire During Your Fundraise feat. Matt Blumberg, Co-founder & CEO @ Bolster
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Sep 27, 2023 |
159. Post-Funding Mistakes: Over-Spending & Not Forecasting Cash feat. Matt Blumberg, Co-founder & CEO @ Bolster
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Sep 26, 2023 |
158. Post-Funding Mistakes: Under Reporting feat. Matt Blumberg, Co-founder & CEO @ Bolster
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Sep 25, 2023 |
157. There's Never Been A Better Time To Start A Company feat. Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta
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Sep 22, 2023 |
156. Take Care of Your Team With Option Pools And Increasing Exercise Windows feat. Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta
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Sep 21, 2023 |
155. Founders Beware of Deal Structure and Stacking SAFEs feat. Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta
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Sep 20, 2023 |
In Memory of Jessie Dixon
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Sep 20, 2023 |
154. Valuations are Down; Down Rounds Are Up feat. Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta
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Sep 19, 2023 |
153. Time Between Fundraises is Growing feat. Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta
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Sep 18, 2023 |
152. Founders Add Value - Have Them On Your Cap Table feat. Abby Mercado, CEO @ Rescripted
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Sep 15, 2023 |
151. Getting Sixty Angels to Invest feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 15, 2023 |
150. Don't Take Venture Capital feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 14, 2023 |
149. Valuation Matters To Your Team feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 14, 2023 |
148. Questions to Ask VCs feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 13, 2023 |
147. Warm Intros Only feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 12, 2023 |
146. Two More Investor Trick Questions feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Sep 12, 2023 |
145. Intro + Trick Question feat. Abby Mercado, CEO @ Rescripted
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Sep 11, 2023 |
144. Time Is Our Most Precious Asset
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Sep 09, 2023 |
143. Staying Top Of Mind
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Sep 08, 2023 |
142. Tuesday Expenses - Getting Unusual Data Requests from VCs
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Sep 08, 2023 |
141. Pattern Matching & Recency Bias
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Sep 07, 2023 |
140. Pre-Seed or Seed? Which Are You?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
139. Qualities of the Right Investor feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 11, 2023 |
138. Build Your Network Before Fundraising feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 11, 2023 |
137. Prepare Follow Up Materials In Advance feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 10, 2023 |
136. You Have To Believe The Story You're Selling feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 10, 2023 |
135. Fundraising Friends feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 09, 2023 |
134. The Mental Game of Fundraising While Running The Business feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 08, 2023 |
133. Pre-Seed Pitch Is The Most Fun - Live In The Vision feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Aug 07, 2023 |
132. A Thousand Reasons To Say No, Only One Reason To Say Yes
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Aug 04, 2023 |
131. Angel Investors Are Everywhere and Nowhere
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Aug 03, 2023 |
130. Setting Investors Up For Success
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Aug 03, 2023 |
129. Kicking Off Season 3
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Aug 01, 2023 |
128. Season 2 Wrap
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Jun 27, 2023 |
127. Not "Female Founder," Just "Founder" Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 23, 2023 |
126. Focus. Distraction Is Kryptonite For Founders feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 22, 2023 |
125. Come Prepared With Questions and Next Steps feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 21, 2023 |
124. Done Differently: Numbers & Vision feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 20, 2023 |
123. Found Self-Care: Part of the CEO's Job feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 16, 2023 |
122. You Can't Convince Investors They're Wrong feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 15, 2023 |
121. Eternal Optimists & Achievable Valuations feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 14, 2023 |
120. Reasons Investors Pass On Your Round—NOT On You feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 13, 2023 |
119. Demonstrate You've Thought About The Question feat. Rachel McCrickard, CEO @ Motivo Health
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Jun 12, 2023 |
118. Going from Seed to Series A, Money is a Tool feat. Josh Sanchez, CEO @ FloatMe
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Jun 09, 2023 |
117. Commanding the Fundraising Process, Mistakes & Storytelling feat. Josh Sanchez, CEO @ FloatMe
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Jun 08, 2023 |
116. Accountability & Updating on the Three P's
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Jun 07, 2023 |
115. Asking for Advice feat. Josh Sanchez, CEO @ FloatMe
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Jun 06, 2023 |
114. First Time Founders Should Focus on Accountability - feat. Josh Sanchez, CEO @ FloatMe
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Jun 05, 2023 |
113. The Penny Gap
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May 31, 2023 |
112. Do You Invest Pre-Revenue?
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May 31, 2023 |
111. Messaging Market Fit feat. Brandon Brooks @ Zinsu
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May 26, 2023 |
110. Using CDFIs To Get From Zero To One feat. Brandon Brooks @ Zinsu
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May 25, 2023 |
109. Bootstrapping, Plan B Is Another Way To Make Plan A Work feat. Brandon Brooks @ Zinsu
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May 24, 2023 |
108. Early Believers Are A Lightning Rod feat. Brandon Brooks @ Zinsu
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May 23, 2023 |
107. Founders Outside the Lines feat. Brandon Brooks @ Zinsu
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May 22, 2023 |
106. Be You
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May 19, 2023 |
105. Lean Into It
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May 18, 2023 |
104. VC Minute on Substack
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May 17, 2023 |
103. Talk To Your Slides
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May 16, 2023 |
102. Founder Intros
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May 15, 2023 |
101. Toxic Myth of Entrepreneurship feat. Alex Raymond @ Conscious Entrepreneur Summit
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May 12, 2023 |
100. About The Conscious Entrepreneur Summit feat. Alex Raymond @ Conscious Entrepreneur Summit
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May 11, 2023 |
099. How To Deal With Burnout feat. Alex Raymond @ Conscious Entrepreneur Summit
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May 10, 2023 |
098. The If-Then Mindest Trap feat. Alex Raymond @ Conscious Entrepreneur Summit
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May 09, 2023 |
97. Confronting Imposter Syndrome Kicks Off A Journey feat. Alex Raymond @ Conscious Entrepreneur Summit
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May 08, 2023 |
096. Filling The Pool After The First Investor Is In feat. Dama, CEO @ Manatee
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May 05, 2023 |
095. One Thing To Optimize For When Choosing Investors feat. Dama, CEO @ Manatee
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May 04, 2023 |
094. What Is Your Weak Point in Driving Conviction With Investors? feat. Dama, CEO @ Manatee
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May 03, 2023 |
093. What To Do Differently On A First Fundraise feat. Dama, CEO @ Manatee
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May 02, 2023 |
092. Fundraising Is Hard feat. Dama, CEO @ Manatee
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May 01, 2023 |
091. Having Someone in Your Corner
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Apr 28, 2023 |
090. How To Interview A Startup Lawyer
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Apr 27, 2023 |
089. Strategize With Your Lawyer
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Apr 26, 2023 |
088. You Don't Know What You Don't Know
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Apr 25, 2023 |
087. Why You Need A Startup Lawyer
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Apr 24, 2023 |
086. Share Your Advice
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Apr 17, 2023 |
Building An Insider (Not Bridge) Round
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Apr 15, 2023 |
085. Insider Round
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Apr 14, 2023 |
084. Didn't Go According To Plan
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Apr 13, 2023 |
083. Greater Fool Theory
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Apr 12, 2023 |
082. Seed Investing Is A Team Sport
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Apr 11, 2023 |
081. About That Bridge Round
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Apr 10, 2023 |
080. Generating Aha Moments
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Apr 07, 2023 |
079. Aha Moment
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Apr 06, 2023 |
078. Know Your Numbers
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Apr 05, 2023 |
077. Pitching A Pivot
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Apr 04, 2023 |
076. Storytelling About You
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Apr 03, 2023 |
075. Getting Funded On Proof and Winning Grants feat. Kat Weaver
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Mar 31, 2023 |
074 . Transparency feat. Kat Weaver
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Mar 30, 2023 |
073. Investors Are Not Your Customers feat. Kat Weaver
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Mar 29, 2023 |
072. Storytelling feat. Kat Weaver
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Mar 28, 2023 |
071. Tailor Your Pitch To Your Audience feat. Kat Weaver
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Mar 27, 2023 |
070. The Right Reason To Fundraise
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Mar 24, 2023 |
069. The Internal Partner Pitch
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Mar 23, 2023 |
068. VP of Investor Relations
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Mar 22, 2023 |
067. Finish the Thought
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Mar 21, 2023 |
066. Negative Signaling
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Mar 20, 2023 |
065. Cold Emails - Is this For Me? Is This Interesting?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
064. Cold Emails - What Is This Business?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Founder Self Care Compilation
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Mar 16, 2023 |
063. Pitch Deck Essentialism
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Mar 15, 2023 |
062. Sacred Cows
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Mar 14, 2023 |
061. Acknowledge Your Reality
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Mar 13, 2023 |
060. Self-Compassion
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Mar 10, 2023 |
059. Sleep
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Mar 10, 2023 |
058. Find a Therapist
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Mar 09, 2023 |
057. Spend Time on Yourself
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Mar 08, 2023 |
056. Chronotype & Know Thyself
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Mar 07, 2023 |
055. Ask For Help
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Mar 03, 2023 |
054. Relentless Reprioritization
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Mar 02, 2023 |
053. GSD Day
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Mar 01, 2023 |
052. Timeboxing
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Feb 28, 2023 |
051. Kicking Off Season 2
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Feb 27, 2023 |
Season 1 | Part 2 | Episodes 26-50
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Season 1 | Part 1 | Episodes 1-25
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Aug 17, 2022 |
050. VC Validation
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Aug 12, 2022 |
049. Learn From Every Pitch
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Aug 11, 2022 |
048. Building Investors' Confidence In You
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Aug 10, 2022 |
047. Pausing the Treadmill
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Aug 09, 2022 |
046. Sell The Vision
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Aug 08, 2022 |
045. No Is the Second Best Answer
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Aug 05, 2022 |
044. Dribs and Drabs
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Aug 04, 2022 |
043. TAM Defined
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Aug 03, 2022 |
042. Questions for Investors About Risk
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Aug 02, 2022 |
041. Too Risky
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Aug 01, 2022 |
040. Series A in 6 Months
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Jul 29, 2022 |
039. FOMO - The Subtle Knife
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Jul 28, 2022 |
038. Conservative
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Jul 27, 2022 |
037. Bridge Round
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Jul 26, 2022 |
036. Talking About Exits
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Jul 25, 2022 |
035. Back to the Pool Party
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Jul 22, 2022 |
034. The Hard Truth
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Jul 21, 2022 |
033. Venture Scale Returns
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Jul 20, 2022 |
032. Too Early
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Jul 19, 2022 |
031. Your Real Fundraising Competition
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Jul 18, 2022 |
030. Just Send The Deck
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Jul 15, 2022 |
029. Break The Frame of Reference
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Jul 14, 2022 |
028. Two Decks
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Jul 13, 2022 |
027. Don't Make Me Think
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Jul 12, 2022 |
026. The Deck Gets The Meeting
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Jul 11, 2022 |
025. Don't Email The Whole Firm
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Jul 08, 2022 |
024. Tell an Investor You're Interested
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Jul 08, 2022 |
023. Updating Investors
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Jul 07, 2022 |
022. Reaching Investors
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Jul 06, 2022 |
021. Finding Investors to Target
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Jul 05, 2022 |
020. Oversubscribed
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Jul 01, 2022 |
019. Target Raise
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Jun 30, 2022 |
018. Runway
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Jun 29, 2022 |
017. Here, There, Capital
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Jun 28, 2022 |
016. VC Treadmill
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Jun 27, 2022 |
015. Lead Investor
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Jun 24, 2022 |
014. Deadlines
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Jun 23, 2022 |
013. Pooled Interest
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Jun 22, 2022 |
012. Sales Process
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Jun 21, 2022 |
011. Work Your System
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Jun 20, 2022 |
010. Put Your Email in the Deck
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Jun 17, 2022 |
009. Week 1 Wrap
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Jun 17, 2022 |
008. Work Within Investors Systems
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Jun 16, 2022 |
007. Drive Action, Not Conviction
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Jun 15, 2022 |
006. Expect more SHITS
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Jun 14, 2022 |
005. SHITS
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Jun 13, 2022 |
004. Overstating Commitments
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Jun 13, 2022 |
003. Communicating To Your Pool Party
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Jun 13, 2022 |
002. Chief Pool Party Officer
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Jun 13, 2022 |
001. Pool Party
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Jun 13, 2022 |
VC Minute Trailer
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May 05, 2022 |