The most common mistake made by newbie founders: 👉 Providing too much detail, too soon. Your goal at meeting #1 is to get them...

Uplevel Your Sales Process 📈 👉 Use a Sales Stage Management Template Here’s a recipe to uplevel your sales process and significantly...

Only 60% of startups succeed in securing series A funding. (SPD load) And the longer the fundraising process goes, the harder it gets to...

There are 1,183 billion-dollar “unicorn” startups in the world today. The number of unicorns in the world nearly doubled in 2021. The...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

As a startup, you need enough cash to last multiple quarters without laying off employees. You also need time to get your business model...

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...

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...

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

Only 400 out of 17,000 get into YC. Dalton Caldwell, Managing Director & Group Partner at YC, shares what makes teams stand out. First...

Here’s Y Combinator’s Guide to Seed Fundraising There are so many questions involved when raising funds. ❓ How much should I raise? The...

Through the first three quarters of 2021, female founders in the tech market saw more than $30 billion in investments, which is an...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...