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What NOT to Do in Your Pitch Deck
The most common mistake made by newbie founders: 👉 Providing too much detail, too soon. Your goal at meeting #1 is to get them...
Sep 8, 20231 min read


Uplevel Your Sales Process With This Stage Management Template
Uplevel Your Sales Process 📈 👉 Use a Sales Stage Management Template Here’s a recipe to uplevel your sales process and significantly...
Sep 1, 20231 min read


Top 10 Fundraising Websites for Startups
Only 60% of startups succeed in securing series A funding. (SPD load) And the longer the fundraising process goes, the harder it gets to...
Aug 25, 20231 min read


My Top 3 Resources for Startup Founders
There are 1,183 billion-dollar “unicorn” startups in the world today. The number of unicorns in the world nearly doubled in 2021. The...
Aug 18, 20231 min read


Series A Diligence Checklist
Up to 40% of startups fail to make series A funding. (SPD Load) With the high likelihood of failure, you must do everything necessary to...
Aug 11, 20231 min read


State of Fintech Report
Due to surging interest rates, it is no surprise that fintech took a hit. In fact, while fintech funding reached highs of $75.2 billion...
Aug 4, 20231 min read


300+ VC Questions for Startup Founders
Your pitch deck is ready… But you’re not. I’m sure you’re nervous about the investor interviews. Well, here’s a hot tip: Put yourself in...
Jul 28, 20231 min read


How Can Startups Survive During a Downturn?
The current state of our economy isn’t doing any favors for startups. Since last year, interest rates have been on the rise… And in 2023,...
Jul 21, 20231 min read


Bridge Rounds: A Sometimes Necessary Evil
As a startup, you need enough cash to last multiple quarters without laying off employees. You also need time to get your business model...
Jul 14, 20231 min read


Startup Founders, This Is How You Get Your First Investor Meeting
It’s not through cold emails. Yes, you can make contact with an investor via email. They may respond and even show interest. But that...
Jul 7, 20231 min read


What Startups Should Know About Due Diligence
I got a term sheet... now what? One of the critical parts of fundraising is due diligence. It’s a process for VC firms to assess...
Jun 30, 20231 min read


Investor Outreach Strategy
📢 Investor Outreach Strategy: A 9-Step Guide + How to Follow-up After an Investor Meeting With Templates How do you poke the VC bear?...
Jun 23, 20231 min read


The Ultimate Y-Combinator Guide of Resources
Only 400 out of 17,000 get into YC. Dalton Caldwell, Managing Director & Group Partner at YC, shares what makes teams stand out. First...
Jun 16, 20231 min read


A Guide to Seed Fundraising
Here’s Y Combinator’s Guide to Seed Fundraising There are so many questions involved when raising funds. ❓ How much should I raise? The...
Jun 9, 20231 min read


70+ Investors and Funds Investing in Female Founders
Through the first three quarters of 2021, female founders in the tech market saw more than $30 billion in investments, which is an...
Jun 2, 20231 min read


Founders: Don’t Confuse Vanity Metrics With Your Go-To-Market Strategy
💸 Don’t Confuse Vanity Metrics With Your Go-To-Market Strategy + The One Slide 99% Of Founders Get Wrong When Fundraising You got 300...
May 26, 20231 min read


Examples of Summary Slides to Hook Your Investors
Do you need a summary slide? Yes, if you’d like to avoid wasting time on investors that would never invest because your company is at the...
May 19, 20231 min read


A Simple Commitment Test For You And Your Co-Founders
65% of high-potential startups fail due to conflict among co-founders. So I’ve got a simple test for you. If you and your co-founders all...
May 12, 20231 min read


Common Mistakes When Pitching to VCs That Are Easy to Fix
They’re actually an easy fix. The most important ones: ⚠ Not sending the deck ahead of time. Send it beforehand and save everyone a lot...
May 5, 20231 min read


A Prep Checklist for Startups About to Undergo Technical Due Diligence
For Startups About to Undergo Technical Due Diligence Here’s a Prep Checklist 👇 Matt Van Itallie is the founder and CEO of Sema, and he...
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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