269. Inside the Mind of an Investor When There’s Too Much Text on the Slide
Let’s peer into the spooky world inside a VC’s brain when you’re pitching with a wall-of-text slide.
October 24, 2024
The VC Minute - Tag: Common Mistakes
Avoid the most frequent fundraising and startup pitfalls with practical tips for founders.
264. Market Sizing feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend
Market sizing should articulate how you see the market, showing that you understand your target market and can focus on it.
October 17, 2024
263. Your Deck is Too in the Weeds, feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend
You don’t have critical distance from your business to be able to get out of the weeds. Get feedback on your deck from someone with that critical distance.
October 16, 2024
259. Delusion and the Series A Extension, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum
After raising in the bubble of 2021, the next raise proved both challenging and humbling.
October 9, 2024
258. Raising Series A in 2021, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum
Sunny shares, “The Series A felt like poetry. It didn’t feel like finance. And I think there, underlying that, there’s some delusional problems with how I was managing the company at the time.”
October 8, 2024
257. Rapid Growth, Is It the Right Growth? feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum
VCs push founders for growth. Founders push their teams for growth. But is all growth the right growth?
October 7, 2024
240. Key to Enabling Autonomy for Founders
It’s not just you; enabling autonomy is hard for all founders.
May 31, 2024
236. Don’t Fundraise, But If You Do Be Ready for Due Diligence
Why would Tom self-fund or limit fundraising if he could? It can distract from the business
May 17, 2024
234. Trying to Tell Everything In the First Meeting
Two common mistakes: trying to tell everything in the first meeting, and not finding your painkiller solution.
May 15, 2024
230. Seed Crust: The Dangers of SAFEs
Peter & Allyson share about some of the things founders should be aware of when raising money on SAFE notes.
May 9, 2024
218. Early Financial Pitfalls
Avoiding some common financial pitfalls can help with both cash flow and fundraising.
April 16, 2024
214. Time-wasting VCs
Advice to founders to avoid time-wasting VCs: ask in the first call if a fund is actively investing.
April 10, 2024
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