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How to Maintain Your Physical & Mental Health As A Founder

Aaptiv and The Coterie founder Ethan Agarwal shares how he cares for his mental, physical, and financial well-being while running a startup.

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How To Improve Your Communication With Investors

Block Dojo's Eva Dobrzanska shares tips for communicating with investors, plus her advice to sharpen a pitch deck.

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How to Grow Through Acquisitions — and Keep Founders Happy

Max Aniort of Le Collectionist recounts his company’s experience growing its footprint by buying smaller companies.

Fundraising tactics for startups

Investor Conversations 101: Icebreakers and Insights

Glowforge’s Dan Shapiro discusses his experience fundraising for four companies and shares advice on making the most of networking events.

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Unleashing the Power of Storytelling in Pitch Decks: A Guide for Entrepreneurs

Startup Hypeman Raj Nathan shares hacks for making your pitch decks pop, starting with the elevator pitch.

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From Zero to $60 Million: Crowdfunding Secrets Unveiled

Mike Bell of Miso Robotics explains how the company used crowdfunding to raise $60 million to propel their robot and AI-assisted solutions for restaurants.

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How To Level The Playing Field With Investors

Technori and Songfinch founder Scott Kitun talks about building a lucrative investor network through his podcast and leveraging that support for new ventures.

Fundraising tactics for startups

How To Raise a Seed Round in Under Two Weeks

Scribe co-founder Jennifer Smith shares how she raised $30 million — $8 million of which in a two-week period.

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How To Find Founder / Investor Fit: Tips from Hubert Palan of Productboard

Productboard co-founder Hubert Palan on raising $262 million over five rounds, including a Series D, from some of the most prominent VCs in Silicon Valley.

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From Y Combinator to $107 Million Raised: Fundraising Secrets from a Black Founder

Captain founder Demetrius Gray shares how he raised $107 million as a Black founder and Y Combinator alum, with tips on how he did it.

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How To Raise Capital Via Cold Email (And a Real Message That Worked)

Tetra Insights cofounder Michael Bamberger shares his unorthodox approach to fundraising via cold outreach that led to $7 million in capital over three years.

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Insights and Strategies: A Seasoned VC's Advice for Aspiring Fund Managers

Ben Narasin of Tenacity Venture Capital shares his tips for emerging VC fund managers on how to raise an inaugural fund.

Fundraising tactics for startups

How To Run An Effective VC Pitch Meeting: Step-By-Step, Minute-By-Minute

Here is the ultimate 7-step method for running outstanding VC pitch meetings, including questions to ask and how to drive your agenda, follow up, and close the deal.

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Best of 2021: Fundraising Advice From 21 Founders

A round-up of the best tips for raising startup capital, as shared by 21 top founders who raised over $500M in 2021.

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Fundraising Insights From The Founder Of Indiegogo, humbition And Vincent

Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo and alt investment platform Vincent shares his secrets for raising capital.

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How To Use LinkedIn and Cold Email To Quickly Raise a Seed Round

Thomas Fairey of Stakester shares his tips for using LinkedIn and cold email to "run a sales process" when raising capital.

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How To Acquire A Startup From Another Founder & Raise Private Equity Capital

How Joel Holland of RV campsite platform Harvest Hosts acquired the company from another entrepreneur and then raised $37 million in private equity from Stripes. Here's his story.

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How To Launch A VC Fund: Michael Kim of Cendana Capital, a "Fund-Of-Funds"

How To Launch A Venture Fund: Michael Kim of "Fund-of-Funds" Cendana Capital Explains How To Become A VC.

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From Venture Studio to A $7M Raise: Lindsay Tjepkema of Casted

How Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO of B2B podcasting app Casted raised $7 million in Series A funding from Revolution Ventures, High High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures.

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How To Raise Capital For a Hardware Startup: David Rabie of Tovala

David Rabie, CEO of smart oven startup Tovala talks about raising capital for a hardware startup, going through Y Combinator, doing an Angellist Syndicate, what has changed between the Series A and Series C rounds, the Chicago startup scene, and more.

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How To Fit The Silicon Valley "Archetype" (even if you don't)

Donnel Baird is not your "archetypal" startup founder - he's a Black, non-technical entrepreneur based in Brooklyn. But he's raised $68 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Kapor Capital and many others. Here's how he did it.

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"SJM Seeking Soul Mate For Long Walks On The Beach" (+ Venture Capital For A Novel Dating App)

How Adam Cohen Asletai raised $3.2 million in venture capital from Gaingels and Mark Pincus, founder of mobile game company Zynga for his dating app S'more.

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Kickstarter, Accelerators, VCs, Oh My! Pree Walia's Wild Fundraising Ride

How Pree Walia raised capital for her hardware startup Nailbot.com, her experience with the HAX Accelerator and TechCrunch Battlefield, running a Kickstarter campaign, getting on the TV show "Meet The Drapers" and more.

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The Lightning-Fast Series A (That Was 3+ Years In The Making)

How Christine Tao of Sounding Board ran an oversubscribed venture capital process in 6 weeks as a female, non-technical founder.

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How To Set A Fundraising Timeline - Isabelle Kenyon of Calibrate

Isabelle Kenyon used her experience as a former investment banker to raise venture capital for Calibrate. Here's how she ran a really efficient process.

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