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VC Minute

Quick advice to help startup founders fundraise better. Founders, do you feel like you're fundraising on an uneven playing field? You are. The VC minute is here to help you level up. Venture capitalists navigate pitches and negotiate investments every day. They know the ins and outs and are up-to-date on the current funding environment. But as a founder, it may be your first foray into fundraising, and no matter how much success you've had in other areas nothing truly prepares you for the fundraising journey. The VC Minute was created to help founders close this gap. While it may...

270. A Smaller Deck With Less Information

1 min; October 25, 2024

269. Inside the Mind of an Investor When There's Too Much Text on the Slide

1 min; October 24, 2024

268. Maximum Information in Minimum Words feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

2 mins; October 23, 2024

267. Too Much or Too Little on the Team Slide feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

3 mins; October 22, 2024

266. From Three Sentences to the Structure of a Solid Pitch, feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

3 mins; October 21, 2024

265. Pitch Deck Should Form an Argument feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

4 mins; October 18, 2024

264. Market Sizing feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

3 mins; October 17, 2024

263. Your Deck is Too in the Weeds, feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

3 mins; October 16, 2024

262. Justin Izzo on the Art and Science of Pitch Decks

2 mins; October 15, 2024

261. Build the Future, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

2 mins; October 11, 2024

260. Venture Capital Is A Game, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

3 mins; October 10, 2024

259. Delusion and the Series A Extension, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

3 mins; October 09, 2024

258. Raising Series A in 2021, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

4 mins; October 08, 2024

257. Rapid Growth, Is It the Right Growth? feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

4 mins; October 07, 2024

256. Choosing the Right Investors, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

3 mins; October 04, 2024

255. Raising Seed and Reaching Investors, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

2 mins; October 03, 2024

254. Friends, Family Fools Round, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

2 mins; October 02, 2024

253. From Consulting To Startup, Painfully, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

3 mins; October 01, 2024

252. Meet Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

3 mins; September 30, 2024

251. Fundraise Now, Or Focus on the Business Then Raise Next Year?

2 mins; August 23, 2024

250. Get Intros, Set Meetings, Create a Tight Feedback Loop

1 min; August 22, 2024

249. Before Going To Your Full List, Start With Friendlies

2 mins; August 21, 2024

248. Top Fundraisers First Build Their Lists

2 mins; August 20, 2024

247. You Need a Term Sheet Before Thanksgiving

2 mins; August 19, 2024

246. Summertime Slowdown

3 mins; June 21, 2024

245. Love Your People feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; June 07, 2024

244. The Authoritarian Approach vs. Loving Your People feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; June 06, 2024

243. Start Building a Culture of Innovation Now feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; June 05, 2024

242. Hiring Great People feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; June 04, 2024

241. Live By Your Core Values feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; June 03, 2024

240. Key to Enabling Autonomy for Founders feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

3 mins; May 31, 2024

239. Importance of Clear Expectations feat. Jeff Gardner, author of Love Your People

2 mins; May 30, 2024

238. Three Components of Setting the Vision feat. Jeff Gardner author of Love Your People

2 mins; May 29, 2024

237. Jeff Gardner, Author of Love Your People

3 mins; May 28, 2024

236. Don't Fundraise, But If You Do Be Ready for Due Diligence feat. Tom McGrath, CEO @ iink

2 mins; May 17, 2024

235. Priced Rounds Clean Cap Tables feat. Tom McGrath, CEO @ iink

2 mins; May 16, 2024

234. Trying to Tell Everything In the First Meeting feat. Tom McGrath, CEO @ iink

1 min; May 15, 2024

233. Changing CEOs feat. Tom McGrath, CEO @ iink

1 min; May 14, 2024

232. Bootstrapping Your Investor Network with LinkedIn feat. Tom McGrath, CEO @ iink

3 mins; May 13, 2024

231. Seed Crust: What to Expect from 2024

3 mins; May 10, 2024

230. Seed Crust: The Dangers of SAFEs

1 min; May 09, 2024

229. Seed Crust: Year of the Bridge

2 mins; May 08, 2024

228. Seed Crust: Seed To Series A Graduation Rates

1 min; May 07, 2024

227. Seed Crust: The Bifurcation and Its Unfairness

2 mins; May 06, 2024

226. Rays of Hope, Paths Forward

3 mins; April 26, 2024

225. Seed Crust: This is the Seed Crust

2 mins; April 25, 2024

224. Seed Crust: VC Allocation Shift

1 min; April 24, 2024

223. Seed Crust: Backlogs Everywhere

3 mins; April 23, 2024

222. Seed Crust: The Story So Far

3 mins; April 22, 2024

221. Post-Fundraising, Hire Smart and Celebrate! feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners

2 mins; April 19, 2024

220. Negotiating Valuation feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners

2 mins; April 18, 2024

219. Create a Board Team to Drive a Fundraise feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners

1 min; April 17, 2024

218. Early Financial Pitfalls feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners

2 mins; April 16, 2024

217. CFOs Help You Understand Your Business feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners

3 mins; April 15, 2024

216. What You Can and Can't Control feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House

3 mins; April 12, 2024

215. Mental Game of Fundraising feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House

1 min; April 11, 2024

214. Time-wasting VCs feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House

1 min; April 10, 2024

213. Raising During a Downturn feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House

2 mins; April 09, 2024

212. Raising During Boom Times feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House

4 mins; April 08, 2024

211. The Pitch Deck is YOUR Story

2 mins; April 05, 2024

210. The Real Reason Long Pitch Decks Are A Red Flag

1 min; April 04, 2024

209. Send the Update!

2 mins; April 03, 2024

208. Honing Your Target Customer

2 mins; April 02, 2024

207. Why now?

3 mins; April 01, 2024

206. Lessons Leading: Why Most Venture Funds Don't Lead

3 mins; March 22, 2024

205. Lessons Leading: Momentum

3 mins; March 21, 2024

204. Lessons Leading: The Business Agreement And Back To Relationships

2 mins; March 20, 2024

203. Lessons Leading: Manage Legal Depth

2 mins; March 19, 2024

202. Lessons From Leading My First Round: Relationships & Lawyers

3 mins; March 18, 2024

201. It's Supposed To Be Hard feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona

3 mins; March 15, 2024

200. Fundraise Process feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona

3 mins; March 14, 2024

199. The Deck Stands Alone feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona

1 min; March 13, 2024

198. Master Three Pitches feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona

1 min; March 12, 2024

197. Fundraising Is A Core Skill feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona

3 mins; March 11, 2024

196. Startup Maxims: Do Things That Don't Scale

2 mins; March 08, 2024

195. Not ABF. Instead, Always Be Cheerleading feat. Liz Giorgi, CEO & Co-Founder of Soona

2 mins; March 07, 2024

194. Startup Maxims: Invest in Lines, Not Dots? Investors Invest In Relationships.

2 mins; March 06, 2024

193. Startup Maxims: Always Be Fundraising. Really?

2 mins; March 05, 2024

192. Startup Maxims: Ask for Money, Get Advice

2 mins; March 04, 2024

191. The Purpose of the First Meeting feat. Eric Marcoullier

3 mins; March 01, 2024

190. A VC's Job Is NOT To Write Checks feat. Eric Marcoullier

3 mins; February 29, 2024

189. Features Don't Sell Products feat. Eric Marcoullier

2 mins; February 28, 2024

188. #1 Killer of Startups feat. Eric Marcoullier

2 mins; February 27, 2024

187. CEO Has Three Responsibilities feat. Eric Marcoullier

3 mins; February 26, 2024

186. This Will Not Be Your Last Startup feat. Eric Marcoullier

4 mins; February 23, 2024

185. Three Questions To Ask Before Shutting Down feat. Eric Marcoullier

4 mins; February 22, 2024

184. Three Ways To Shut Down & The Terminal Plan

2 mins; February 21, 2024

183. Shut Down Week and Write Offs

3 mins; February 20, 2024

182. The Two Things I'm Looking For In A Deck

2 mins; February 16, 2024

181. The Power of Specificity

2 mins; February 15, 2024

180. Follow Ons Part 3: The Follow-On Death Spiral

2 mins; February 14, 2024

179. Follow Ons Part 2: Everything Takes Longer

2 mins; February 13, 2024

178. Follow Ons Part 1: Lengthening of Seed Phase

3 mins; February 12, 2024

177. Follow Up on DocSend Opens

2 mins; February 09, 2024

176. Simplicity is Genius

2 mins; February 08, 2024

175. Start With Your Elevator Pitch

1 min; February 07, 2024

174. The Power of Updates

2 mins; February 06, 2024

173. Season 4 Kick Off

2 mins; February 05, 2024

172. Valuation Is Only One Part of the Term Sheet feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath

3 mins; November 10, 2023

171. Key Terms for Founders Negotiating Term Sheets feat. AJ Bruno, Co-Founder & CEO of QuotaPath

3 mins; November 09, 2023

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