Top Tips and myth busters for Startup Founders
Be this founder and don’t ask any experts to advise you on fundraising, coz it’s you #1 job.
Good luck with that!
for the ❤️ of startups
Got all that figured out? Great! You got this, let’s go 🚀
for the ❤️ of startups
The results of our recent poll showed:
💡 If you want to know why your startup is / maybe struggling to work ask how it would solve the problem you have set out to build.

✅ Don’t beat yourself up about this funding winter, your chances of raising capital from VCs was only 0.6% in the crazy times.
The needle has not really moved for you your chances are still really small.
✅ Don’t beat yourself up about this funding winter, your chances of raising capital from VCs was only 0.6% in the crazy times.

🎅🏽 Watch this video over and over again, it will help you build the resilience you’ll need.

💡 Do you know what PRODUCT MARKET FIT really is?
❝ When the cost of repeatedly acquiring paying customers drops significantly below what the customer pays because organic acquisition has kicked in. ❞
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💡 When founders say they are the “Uber of X” this is what investors hear 👂🏼
1. A huge amount of Venture Capital will be needed to keep the company afloat.
2. You are prioritizing growth and market share over sustainability, ethics, or customer satisfaction.
3. You are going to have a lot of negative kickback from workers and local authorities.
4. You’re not going to make money and don’t have a plan to profitability.
5. You don’t have a moat and first-mover advantage is meaningless.
6. What you are solving is not a “problem” but an “inconvenience”.
⚠️ Careful what you say you may be driving the wrong pattern matching

➡️ If you don’t have a concrete exit plan like 99.99% of Seed stage founders, here is the default answer to this default question. 👇🏼



4. They just got you on the hook for zero. (free option to them)

💡 It’s been said a million times but needs saying again.
➡️ DO NOT ASK INVESTORS (OR ME) TO SIGN AN NDA TO SEE YOUR FIRST PITCH DECK PLEASE


💡 Don’t get high on your own supply, founder bias is real, keep it in check
Social proof bias: Founders may be influenced by the opinions and actions of others, and may be less likely to take risks or pursue unconventional ideas.
