All episodes
TBC: How Much Should I Raise? (TBC78)
TBC: How I Work - For Easily Distracted Founders (TBC77)
The Journey of Ian Swanson Starting 3 Venture-Backed Successes (Ian Swanson / Protect AI)
TBC: Why Every Founder Needs Third-Party Feedback (TBC76)
TBC: Pro Tip for VC's - The Personal Newsletter (TBC75)
How Nancy Xu Raised $10M for Moonhub (Nancy Xu / Moonhub - Ep 40)
TBC: How & Why to Get a Technical Co-founder (TBC74)
TBC: Addressing Competition With Investors (TBC73)
The Story Behind SGNL Raising $22M in 2 Years (Scott Kriz / SGNL - Ep 39)
TBC: Understanding VC Firms to Send the Right Signals (TBC72)
TBC: Dilution 101 For Founders (TBC71)
The Story Behind Purple Metrics Closing Their $1.2M Pre-Seed Round (Guta Tolmasquim / Purple Metrics - Ep 38)
TBC: Why the Pre-Seed Round Was Created... and How It's Changed (TBC70)
TBC: Taking Advice From Charlie Munger (TBC69)
The Story Behind Atlys Raising $16.3M in Venture Capital (Mohak Nahta / Atlys - Ep 37)
TBC: Should You Announce Your Fundraise? Pros vs Cons. (TBC68)
TBC: The 7 Forms of Support You Need to Fundraise (TBC67)
Betting on Yourself: The Journey to Closing a $7.6M Seed Round (Stacy Edgar / Venteur - Ep 36)
TBC: Lead vs. Co-Lead Investors (TBC66)
TBC: Pattern Recognition (TBC65)
Builder Turned Fundraiser: Tractian's $45M Series B (Igor Marinelli / Tractian - Ep 35)
TBC: The Use of Funds Slide (TBC64)
TBC: The Secret Value of the Email Appendix (TBC63)
Trailblazing the VC Industry (Joanna Strober / Midi Health - Ep 34)
TBC: 3 Tips for Choosing Service Providers (TBC62)
TBC: What's the Deal With Thesis-Driven Firms? (TBC61)
Paying the Peter Thiel Price (Dylan Beynon / Mindbloom - Ep 33)
TBC: Bouncing Back After Failure (TBC60)
TBC: Creating a Story That Can Be Shared (TBC59)
A Wyoming Success Story ( Heather Shoemaker / Language I/O - Ep 32)
TBC: Should Founders Try Again With Investors Who've Passed? (TBC58)
TBC: Don't Fall Into The Builder's Trap (TBC57)
Fundraising EQUALS Hard Work (Bobby Pinero / Levels - Ep 31)
TBC: The Similarities Between Real Estate and Fundraising (TBC56)
TBC: The Need For Support in Fundraising (TBC55)
TBC: CEOs Should Always Be the Ones to Pitch (TBC54)
TBC: Explaining "The Money Round" (TBC53)
TBC: Preparing For a Pitch Competition (TBC52)
TBC: Data Rooms - What You Need to Know (TBC51)
TBC: Pitching VCs Through a Screen (TBC50)
TBC: Launch Before You're Ready (TBC49)
TBC: How to Grow Your Network FAST (TBC48)
TBC: Importance of CRM Systems When Fundraising (TBC47)
TBC: Pre-seed vs. Seed - What's the difference? (TBC46)
TBC: How to Handle Investor Rejection (TBC45)
TBC: Preparing to Fundraise in a Down Market (TBC44)
TBC: Build Your Reputation First (TBC43)
Down by 20? Down But Not Out... (Tiffany Kelly / Curastory - Ep 30)
TBC: Insights From My Trip to Brazil (TBC42)
TBC: Work / Life Balance (TBC41)
Becoming the Pepsi to Indeed's Coke (Lucas Martinez / Talent.com - Ep 29)
TBC: The Role of Emotions in Pitching (TBC40)
TBC: What VCs Are Saying About AI Investing (TBC39)
Thriving With or Without Funding (Andrew Gazdecki / Acquire.com - Ep 28)
TBC: Intros & Forwardable Emails (TBC38)
TBC: Side Letter Warning (TBC37)
The Hustlers Journey (Thomas McLeod / Arkive - Ep 27)
TBC: Putting Project Management First (TBC36)
TBC: What Comes First - Calm Confidence or Investor Interest? (TBC35)
Breaking the Status Quo (Lolita Taub / Ganas Ventures - Ep 26)
TBC: Post Money Cap Safes have Anti-Dilution! (TBC34)
TBC: Post Money Caps vs. Pre-money Caps (an explainer) (TBC33)
TBC: Vulnerability in Fundraising (TBC32)
TBC: The Rollercoaster of Fundraising (TBC31)
TBC: Deck-Building: Note Cards (TBC30)
TBC: Chase or Be Chased? (TBC29)
Money Baggage in Fundraising (Shiloh Johnson / ComplYant - Ep25)
TBC: Rest (TBC28)
TBC: How VCs are trained (TBC27)
TBC: The ability to be great is everywhere but resources are not (TBC25)
TBC: Decks as Appetizers (TBC26)
A Bubble valuation that's not so inflated? (Bubble / Emmanuel Straschnov - Ep24)
TBC: The Importance And Fragility Of Credibility (TBC24)
TBC: Explaining "this isn't venture-backable" (TBC23)
Being The Pattern (Stax / Suneera Madhani - Ep23)
TBC: Why in-person meetings are so valuable (TBC22)
TBC: Eisenhower Matrix And Health Insurance (TBC21)
The Times They Are A-Changin (Flow Club / Ricky Yean - Ep 22)
TBC: VC Anxiety - Why am I seeing this deal? (TBC20)
Finding The ‘Right’ Problem (Othership / Robbie Bent - Ep21)
TBC: The dirty secret of thesis-driven firms (TBC19)
TBC: Pitch The Circle (TBC18)
Diverse Female Founders (Special Funded Ep)
TBC: Cold Intros vs. Warm Intros (TBC17)
TBC: The most famous pass ever (TBC16)
TBC: Rounds are going CRAZY fast... (TBC15)
TBC: Narrative strategies and why they're important (TBC14)
TBC: You should share your wins (TBC13)
TBC: FOMO - a helluva drug (TBC12)
TBC: The mistake of over-targeting investors (TBC11)
TBC: Red Flag - solution looking for problems (TBC10)
TBC: Warm up meetings with investors (TBC09)
TBC: The different roles at a VC (TBC08)
TBC: Fundraising like a salesperson (TBC07)
TBC: The benefits of intense fundraise prep (TBC06)
TBC: Should I stage my VC convos in tiers? (TBC05)
TBC: Who should set valuation? (TBC04)
TBC: Why you should learn investor language (TBC03)
TBC: A thought on decks and appendices (TBC02)
TBC: Don't Be A Science Project (TBC01)