#12 First-time founder experience, fundraising, building side projects ft. John Koelliker, Leland

John Koelliker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Leland, a marketplace for ambitious people to access coaching, classes, mentorship, and community, to reach their career and educational goals. From growing in your career ladder, to taking a test, finding the right school—discover a friend and mentor to guide you through. How to start a new company, building communities around the purpose, leading the content game strong, what to look for in the VCs during fundraising—John and Aishwarya touch upon all of these concepts, as they explore the journey of Leland and how John went about getting inspired to build it from a side project idea he earlier worked on.