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You don't want luck-based marketing - Karl Hughes about proper content marketing.
Oct. 16, 2021

You don't want luck-based marketing - Karl Hughes about proper conten…

Karl Hughes, Founder and CEO at Draft.dev talks about content marketing, specifically focused on targeting developers. We discussed some strategies that can be applied and budget for good content marketing along with some use-cases.

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2X valuation in 4 months - how and why? Kirk Marple about Unstruk Data
Oct. 6, 2021

2X valuation in 4 months - how and why? Kirk Marple about Unstruk Data

Kirk Marple , Founder and CEO at Unstruk Data talks about their fundraising round and how they doubled their valuation in less than 4 months. We also spoke about some useful techniques that can help founders fundraise. Kirk's...

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What is post-seed, how is it different from bridge round and is it really bad for founders to
Sept. 28, 2021

What is post-seed, how is it different from bridge round and is it re…

Paul Martino , founder at Bullpen capital talks about investing in founders who are "falling out of pattern", making post-seed investments and how such investments are different from bridge rounds. We also spoke about how fou...

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Gathering feedback to build the company on - the story of Till Financial by Taylor Burton.
Sept. 19, 2021

Gathering feedback to build the company on - the story of Till Financ…

Taylor Burton, Co-Founder of Till Financial talks about the creation and fundraising of it and how they have gathered analyzed and later presented the feedback to the investors. Taylor also touched onto the major problems that they faced while building …

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RSUs VS stock options - why do stock options suck so much? Explained by Casey Fenton, founder of Upstock.
Sept. 11, 2021

RSUs VS stock options - why do stock options suck so much? Explained …

Casey Fenton , co-founder at the legendary Couchsurfing and currently founder and CEO at Upstock.io talks about what RSUs are and how are they different from standard stock options. We also discussed why exactly Casey hates s...

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Selling complex tech to investors and customers - how Daloopa made it in FinTech. By Thomas Li
Sept. 4, 2021

Selling complex tech to investors and customers - how Daloopa made it…

Thomas Li, Co-Founder and CEO at Daloopa talks about explaining complicated tech in simple terms and selling it to investors and buyers. We also discussed deep tech in greater detail and who are the primary targets for fundraising in these …

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3Bn fund - Viola, largest VC in Israel, how do they operate and what do they like to invest in? By Omry Ben David
Aug. 28, 2021

3Bn fund - Viola, largest VC in Israel, how do they operate and what …

Omry Ben David, General Partner at Viola Ventures talks about investing in Israel and Israeli founders all over the globe and why it seems to be working than most other demographics. We also discussed how does Viola Ventures work and …

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Does a Stanford degree help while raising money for your company? By Andrew Milich, Skiff
Aug. 22, 2021

Does a Stanford degree help while raising money for your company? By …

Andrew Milich , Co-Founder at Skiff talks about the importance of college education while building a company and raising funding. He also talked about how investors reacted to him as the first time founder and how it affected...

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Educational episode #9: step by step guide to equity crowdfunding. By Christopher Lustrino, KingsCrowd
Aug. 14, 2021

Educational episode #9: step by step guide to equity crowdfunding. By…

Christopher Lustrino , Founder & CEO at KingsCrowd in this educational episode talks about equity crowdfunding, what are the major pitfalls in it and how to avoid them. He also gave a brief step-by-step guide on raising money...

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Raising 100% of the money online: equity crowdfunding, it's major perks and downsides. By Christopher Lustrino, KingsCrowd.
Aug. 14, 2021

Raising 100% of the money online: equity crowdfunding, it's major per…

Christopher Lustrino, Founder & CEO at KingsCrowd talks about his experience raising 100% of the funding for his company online. We discussed what are the major pros and cons of equity crowdfunding and how he maneuvered through them. Crhistopher also …

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Acquiring SaaS businesses systematically - how does it work and how do you get there? By Akeel Jabber
Aug. 12, 2021

Acquiring SaaS businesses systematically - how does it work and how d…

Akeel Jabber, Investment director at Horizen Capital talks about rules of growing a SaaS business and later on selling it. He explained how Horizen Capital makes its investment decisions and how a startup founder can get closer to an acquisition.

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Quitting Facebook to build a startup - story of SwoonMe. By Tanvi Gupta
Aug. 7, 2021

Quitting Facebook to build a startup - story of SwoonMe. By Tanvi Gup…

Tanvi Gupta, Founder and CEO at SwoonMe talks about how she left Facebook and stability that it provides in order to build her own company. We also spoke about building a startup in a crowded space (online dating) and how …

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2 of 17 investments go for an IPO - how did Hoxton Ventures get to that rate? By Hussein Kanji
Aug. 1, 2021

2 of 17 investments go for an IPO - how did Hoxton Ventures get to th…

Hussein Kanji, co-founder at Hoxton Ventures who presents himself as an analyst on LinkedIn to avoid spam messages from dozens of founders (I just find it hilarious that those messages go so out of hand, this kind of measures have …

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Hybrid fund - what does that mean and how does it work? By Billy Libby
July 28, 2021

Hybrid fund - what does that mean and how does it work? By Billy Libby

Billy Libby, Co-Founder & CEO at Upper90 talks about what the term "hybrid fund" implies and how is it different from a "regular" fund. We talked about who should try raising debt and how can a startup separate the part …

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300th episode of Fundraising Radio - special edition.
July 23, 2021

300th episode of Fundraising Radio - special edition.

We got to the 300th episode and decided to celebrate with a bit of extra fun for our listeners. This episode is about the mistakes that were made during the creation of this podcast - it includes the stories of …

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Launching satellites and raising for them - how to fund raise for space tech. By Anthony Baker
July 17, 2021

Launching satellites and raising for them - how to fund raise for spa…

Anthony Baker , Founder and CEO at Satellite VU talks about fundraising for his company that is about to launch multiple satellites into space. We spoke about testing out such a complicated idea with low budget and presenting...

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Why invest in Israel and how do Israeli founders expand to the US? By Cynthia Phitoussi
July 14, 2021

Why invest in Israel and how do Israeli founders expand to the US? By…

Cynthia Phitoussi, Co-Founder & Managing Partner SeedIL Ventures talks about investing in Israel and explains the major differences between American and Israeli founders and shares the best qualities of both. We also discussed the major changes in the Israeli startup …

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Fundraising rules and content generation. Mark Peter Davis
July 9, 2021

Fundraising rules and content generation. Mark Peter Davis

Mark Peter Davis Managing Partner at Interplay Ventures, podcast host at Innovation with Mark Peter Davis and an author of The Fundraising Rules talks about the fundraising rules, the lessons he learned from being a VC. We also spoke about …

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Indicators of future growth. By Duane Good
July 1, 2021

Indicators of future growth. By Duane Good

Duane Good , Co-founder & President at Tribal Credit talks about some of the indicators of the future growth in companies, red flags that can be spotted in metrics of a company and how Tribal credit raised $43 million. Duane'...

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Joining an accelerator after selling a company. By Dana Loberg
June 26, 2021

Joining an accelerator after selling a company. By Dana Loberg

Dana Loberg, Founder of Leo AR, co-founder of MojiLaLa and previously the co-founder of MovieLaLa that was acquired by Gifycat talks about her story of acquisition and the launch of a new company. We also spoke about who should join …

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Climate tech in Europe and US. By Heidi Lindvall
June 24, 2021

Climate tech in Europe and US. By Heidi Lindvall

Heidi Lindvall, General Partner at Pale Blue Dot talks about investing in ClimateTech startups in Europe and US and about the major differences between startups in the US and Europe. We spoke about some successful exits in climate-tech and how …

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Investing in startups since 1999 and talking about the major changes in the VC space. By Mike Dowdle
June 19, 2021

Investing in startups since 1999 and talking about the major changes …

Mike Dowdle, Founding Partner at Circadian Ventures shares his 22+ years of experience in the VC space, explains how it changed in the past decades and how it affects startup founders who are trying to raise. We also discussed the …

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B-corps and when startup founders should work with lawyers instead of software automations. By Shayn Fernandez
June 17, 2021

B-corps and when startup founders should work with lawyers instead of…

Shayn Fernandez , Corporate Attorney at Rockridge Venture Law talks about the use of the "B-corp" signature and how to obtain one and if it's even worth it obtaining it. We also discussed how startup founders should interact ...

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Working at big corporations VS working at startups with less than 20 employees, by Mayank Sanganeria
June 11, 2021

Working at big corporations VS working at startups with less than 20 …

Mayank Sanganeria, software engineer at Instagram talks about his experience at Instagram and at smaller startups. We discussed how can an early stage startup attract a veteran software engineer like Mayank without going broke and how they should reach out. …

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