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• Asking for a founder: what are my fundraising options?
• Asking for a founder: how do I calculate the valuation of my pre-seed/seed stage company?
• Asking for a founder: how much should I raise?
• Asking for a founder: what goes into a good gtm strategy?
• Asking for a founder: who are the most powerful women angel investors that every future 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 unicorn should have on their cap table?
• Asking for a founder: what's the best way to handle rejection?
• Asking for a founder: what are the biggest mistakes founders make and how do I avoid them?
• Asking for a founder: how do I identify my target customer?
• Asking for a founder: what's a realistic timeframe to get from an idea to an MVP?
• Asking for a founder: what makes for a successful MVP?
• Asking for a founder: should founders raise money to build their MVP?
• Asking for a founder: are there any professional or marketing agencies that specialize in qualified leads for startups?
• Asking for a cash-strapped founder: do you have any recommendations of where a founder could find inexpensive react native developer services?
• Asking for an early-stage founder: what are your tips for a European company that wants to set up shop in the US with a Delaware C Corp?
• Asking for a founder that's about to exit: what are some ideas on what to do post-startup acquisition?
• Asking for a founder: what's the best business credit card for founders?
• Asking for a founder: what virtual assistant companies do you recommend?
• Asking for a founder: what are reasonable terms (e.g., valuation, discounts, interest) for a pre-seed accelerator?
• Asking for a founder: what are your tips on building a solid go-to-market strategy?
• Asking for a founder: My startup is pre-revenue. Every time I've approached investors who invest in pre-rev cos they've responded with something along the lines of, sounds like a great idea but you're too early for us. What investors actually invest in pre-rev startups?
• Asking for a founder: how do I set up an employee equity incentive plan for my seed-stage company?
• Asking for a founder: when hiring dev talent, what technical screening platforms do you recommend to use?
• Asking for a founder: what investors invest heavily in new categories/category creators?
• Asking for a founder: is it legal to issue shares/equity to community members, how is this done, and where can I learn more?
• Asking for a founder: who are good M&A advisors for fast-growing SaaS hospitality startups?
• Asking for a founder: I'm a pre-seed founder. What should be in my data room?
• Asking for a founder: would you pay $700/yr for a domain? The name I want is considered “premium” and being held hostage by Godaddy. No one owns it they have just jacked up the price on it bc they feel it’s “that valuable.”
• Asking for a founder: what strategies can I use to get to my first 1000 customers?
• Asking for a founder: what are the do's and don'ts of running a successful equity crowdfunding campaign?
• Asking for a founder: who are the best social-impact startup investors in Africa?
• Asking for a founder: what can I do to increase the chances of running a successful equity crowdfunding campaign?
• Asking for a founder: what do I need to know about NFTs?
• Asking for a founder: what factors should I consider when exploring an acquisition?
• Asking for a founder: what VCs are investing in pre-seed startups in Africa?
• Asking for a founder: what are VCs/investors looking to hear when they ask first time founders (especially those on the younger side) what makes you qualified to make this start up work?
• Asking for a founder: what VCs are investing in pre-seed startups in Europe?
• Asking for a founder: where do I find a product manager to hire - especially if I want them to be diverse?
• Asking for a founder: is there a list of core saas tools (i.e. corporate card, benefits platform, eng productivity suite, accounting tools, etc) founded by women or poc for startups looking to use a diverse set of vendors?
• Asking for a founder: what startups are looking for a part-time CTO?
• Asking for a founder: where do I find engineers to hire - especially if I want them to be diverse?
• Asking for a founder: curious to start learning how to build using no-code. Where can I go to learn and what are the best resources to leverage?
• Asking for a founder: so, I can't help but notice that accelerators offer between $50-120K for 5-7% equity while I was encouraged to aim for a SAFE Note with $3M valuation. Somehow that's not meshing. Is this bad advice? What are your opinions?
• Asking for a founder: I'm considering using influencer/affiliate programs to help promote our startup. If you've gone down this path: what's worked and what hasn't?
• Asking for a founder: what are the dos and don'ts of building a B2B2C company?
• Asking for a founder: any tips on how to sell to the government as an early stage bootstrapped pre-revenue startup?
• Asking for a founder: is an advisory board necessary for early-stage companies?
• Asking for a founder: what are growth hacks all early-stage founders should do?
• Asking for a founder: should early-stage founders share salary numbers with all their employees?
• Asking for a founder: how much salary should early-stage founders take? What’s too low and too high?
• Asking for a founder: I'm an early-stage founder. What security product(s) are you using?
• Asking for a founder: got a rejection today that stung a little. What are tips to help overcome rejection and build resilience?
• Asking for a founder: what's the best email marketing service for an early-stage startup?
• Asking for a founder: is it usualal to ask VCs to sign an NDA before submitting a pitch deck or going into details about one's project?
• Asking for a founder: what are the pros and cons of @AngelList's Roll Up Vehicles?
• Asking for a founder: is it okay to go back to a VC who initially passed on my startup and ask them to consider investing again? If so, what's the proper way of reaching back out?
• Asking for a founder: what are recommended terms for a family and friends raise?
• Asking for a founder: what inventory lending institutions support early-stage founders?
• Asking for a founder: does anyone have any good product-market fit framework that you use?
• Asking for a founder: where can BIPOC founders find grants?
• Asking for a founder: what are the best communities for female founders of color?
• Asking for a founder: where can I find a technical co-founder / CTO?
• Asking for a founder: who are the best early-stage startup + digital health reporters?
• Asking for a founder: my community is growing super fast, what's the best way to manage moderators and contributors?
• Asking for a founder: would an Income Shared Agreement (ISA) with a (SAFE) discourage investors from investing in a company? The ISA isn’t attached to the company but the founder.
• Asking for a founder: where can I find a Head of Product with experience in gaming/mobile and who wants to bring women's health and wellness into the 21st century? Disclaimer: this is a rocketship & a port co !
• Asking for a founder: what reporters cover proptech startups?
• Asking for a marketplace founder: what's the best way to decide whether to buy inventory vs dropship?
• Asking for a founder: I'm planning to crowdfund. Do you know any people who can help me in the planning and executing of the campaign?
• Asking for a founder: how do you handle unprofessional investors who cancel meetings last minute or don't show up at all?
• Asking for a founder: what VCs and angels are investing in emerging countries?
• Asking for a founder: is there a community for public safety sector founders?
• Asking for a founder: are there communities for solo student founders out there?
• Asking for a founder: what corporation structure should I choose for my company?
• Asking for a founder: do investors expect founders to take no/very low salary when working full-time on their startup?I can’t go full-time unless I am getting a full-time salary, and I’m worried it will be a negative signal to investors.
• Asking for a first-time founder: what should my milestone goals be throughout the evolution of my company?
• Asking for a founder: what is brand positioning and why do I hear it helps companies scale?
• Asking for a founder: what's a creative way to cold message an investor and get a response back?
• Asking for a founder: is sales the most important skill a founder can develop and how can I master sales?
• Asking for a founder: what's a good accounting and tax system for early-stage C-corps - like Turbotax but for startups?
• Asking for an underestimated founder: how do I address investors' doubt in my ability to build a great company?
• Asking for a founder: blockchain investors, how do you decide what crypto projects to back?
• Asking for a founder: what makes for a good team slide?
• Asking for a founder: how can storytelling supercharge my pitch deck and help me fundraise and close business?
• Asking for a founder: I'm shutting down my startup after raising a friends and family round on a SAFE. Is it standard to pay some money back?
• Asking for a community-driven founder: can I just bring in an intern to set up and run my co's community?
• Asking for a first-time founder: what is the right amount of business insurance coverage I should get and where should I get it?
• Asking for a founder: how do I fire a team member?
• Asking for a founder: is there a community where founders can go to find co-founders?
• Asking for a founder: where can I find the best marketing resources for my startup (e.g., design, distribution, content creation, strategy)?
• Asking for a founder: how do I build out my founding team?This is a great question because building the wrong team is one of the top reasons companies fail.
• Asking for a founder: how do I compensate my advisors?
• Asking for a founder: what is considered a fair valuation for a SaaS startup doing $10K+ in MRR growing 10%+ MoM in a $100B+ market?
• Asking for a founder: how do I build a team of advisors that can help me with my company?
• Asking for a founder: how can I manage my stress as a founder and avoid burnout?
• Asking for a founder: what does humility and a growth mindset have to do with building a great company?
• Asking for a founder: why is diversity, equity and inclusion foundational to my company's success and how can I have that at my company?
• Asking for a founder: what makes for a great CEO?
• Asking for a founder: how many hours should I work on my startup a day?
• Asking for a first-time founder: where can founders find the best and most affordable legal support (e.g., legal counsel, services, documents)?
• Asking for a founder: what are VCs looking for in a pitch deck?
• Asking for a founder: is there a process I can use to make VC fundraising easier?
• Asking for a founder: what should founders know about how VCs work?
• Asking for a founder: what are the basics of the fundraising process?
• Asking for a founder: what are some steps founders need to take to make our businesses attractive to investors in the future?
• Asking for a founder: who should founders not take funding from?
• Asking for a founder: what personal finance considerations should I make, as a founder?
• Asking for a first-time founder: how can I make sure my co-founder and I are set up to succeed and what about equity?
• Asking for a first-time founder: how do I choose a co-founder?
• Asking for a founder: how do I keep my team motivated as a CEO?