Tl;dr: When you raise capital is it a round. Startups many rounds of capital until they exit or shut down. Rounds have meanings. You want to raise money. Perhaps you have been asked, “what round are you raising at?”, or you have heard “what is the hardest round to raise at?” I’m going to explain this simple to you. What …
Any specific advice for female founders with regards to fund raising?
It would seem that many view the world as being different for male and female founders. I was asked if there was specific advice I would give to female founders who were fundraising, so I thought I would share my views. Tl;dr: There is no difference. Women are not a subclass of founders. No one is out to get you. …
Who becomes Startup CEO among co founders?
When you start a startup, titles don’t matter. There’s probably 2/3 of you in a room getting a product up, doing some basic marketing and seeing if your idea has legs. The moment you start hiring staff or even considering fundraising, then one title becomes important. That is the CEO. The Startup CEO matters. Investors want to deal with the …
Why do they call a slide deck a “slide deck”? Where did it originate from?
Where does the term pitch deck come from? To answer that question we need to back in time to when everything sucked (basically when I was a kid). Why do they call a slide deck a “slide deck”. It’s pretty ghetto. Remember slide projectors? No, I mean really ghetto… This kind of ghetto. Acetate slides Those are slides before PowerPoint …
What is the best time of year to fundraise for your startup
Are there good and bad times of the year to raise for your startup? Yes and no. One data set says it doesn’t really make a difference, another says there are better times, whilst general VC wisdom supports there are months to avoid. We are going to go through them and you can see the data and wisdom from various …