Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 14
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 13
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Startup Board Meetings: 5 Step Cycle to Leading Your Board
Proper board stance is better described as a partnership. This may seem idealistic and is not always practical in reality as it requires buy-in from both parties. Nonetheless the ideal board member provides transparent, professional views on the company— wins, challenges, opportunities, and resources— working with the management team to maximize company value.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 12
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
How to Write a Great Email Request for Introduction: Fundraising, Sales, Partnerships, and Anything Involving Human Beings.
The opportunity: when you combine the right approach with modern-day technology, you can effectively activate your networks to reach people who would otherwise remain strangers.
Warm email introductions are a great way to leverage the trust you have in your network, making the world a smaller, more accessible place for you. Warm introductions are one of the best ways to:
Secure an investor.
Source and hire talent.
Grow your sales.
Establish strategic partnerships.
Instigate, grow, and nurture friendships for life.
Get anything you want!
Essentials for Raising Your Pre-Seed or Seed Round
How can you find the right investors for your company'? How can you quickly fundraise so you can get back to building your company? In this post, I share the process and psychology behind fundraising to help you:
Find the right investors (and fast).
Secure the funds your company needs.
Get back to building your company.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 11
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 10
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 9
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 8
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 7
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Cultured by Design
If your company is growing incredibly fast within a year (if not months), from a tight-knit core team to over a hundred employees, it will be natural to feel like you are losing control. Furthermore, it will be natural to fear that the behaviors and practices that made your company great today, won’t translate to your new team members in the future.
We can’t tell you how to build your culture. But we can share essential first-principles that will help augment your culture-building efforts. In this post, we share seven things to consider when growing, cultivating, and refining your company culture.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 6
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Principles for Leading Your Board
Proper board stance is better described as a partnership. This may seem idealistic and is not always practical in reality as it requires buy-in from both parties. Nonetheless the ideal board member provides transparent, professional views on the company— wins, challenges, opportunities, and resources— working with the management team to maximize company value.
We underline the word ‘professional’ because in our experience, it isn’t wise to engage in a manner that is too ‘friendly’ or ‘personal.’
Working with Fear, Not Against It
Fear expresses itself in numerous ways. Fear is not a bad thing— fear is necessary. Especially when the fears are rational. Imagine you are crossing a road during peak hour traffic— no dedicated crossings— where would your attention be? Most of your attention would be on avoiding traffic. If it is your first time doing this, your heart rate will spike, your palms sweat, and your mind on hyper-alert— this is appropriate. The challenge is when we have an irrational fear.
Personal Bias: How to Decode and Work With Yours
The human brain is an association, meaning-making machine. We make meaning every day about everything— for better or worse. The meaning we make about our sensory-observations— what we perceive using our five senses: visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), kinesthetic (feeling), olfactory (smelling), gustatory (tasting) — governs our experience of a situation and how we respond. And, these meanings we assign typically happen at the speed of thought— unless we consciously take a breath, reflect on our internal thoughts, and analyze them.
Talent Fitting: 6 Questions to Determine Working Styles & Motivations
The wrong hire is costly, time-consuming. The right hire is a godsend. Yet great hires can also be hard to keep! So, how do you quickly determine if someone is a natural fit for the role? And, if they are, how do you know with precision, exactly how to fulfill their unique criteria and keep them engaged?
Talent Chemistry: Identify Your Zone of 10X— Fast!
In the context of business, Talent Chemistry is the art of aligning diverse individual strengths, talents, and contributions, so that the output is greater than the sum of its parts (Talent Synergy): 1+1 >> 2
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 5
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.
Raising Your Institutional Round: Chapter 3
The focus of this book is to help you raise more venture capital with a proven strategic fundraising process. Using the playbook outlined in this book, I have assisted startup founders in raising more than $500MM in early-stage venture capital over the past five years— many instances of which were considered impossible in light of a series economic shock events such as Covid-19, various wars, election drama, and aggressive quantitative tightening. My clients are backed by notable institutions such as: Menlo, Sequoia, Goodwater, Tiger Global, Softbank, a16z, Lightspeed, Accel, and Founders Fund, to name a few.