Four healthcare investors just sounded off at Dallas Startup Week. (But it applies to almost all sectors.) 💸 Founder or team taking sizeable salaries or benefits ☢️ Hearing "We’re unique and have no competitors" ⛔ Dishonesty 😑 Asking an investor to sign an NDA -- IMPORTANT: put whatever non-confidential info you want in your deck; confidential info can be conveyed verbally, not in writing. Later, if they move into Due Diligence, you will need a "Dataroom" they can have access to, which will contain all kinds of financials, etc. 👋 ("See ya!") Not being full-time on your company. This one's kind of a no-brainer. 👇 WHICH best applies to you?

Guys! We have a legit community...! Dani... Blu... Sara... Evan. So cool. So, this Thursday I'll host the first live Q&A on anything related to fundraising (nonprofit or funding a company). Submit your questions by tomorrow, Wednesday midnight. I'll pick at least one from each of you. Live event will be Thursday at 4pm PT / 6pm CT. 30 minutes only. PLEASE COMMENT below if you can make it or if you'd prefer a different time.

I noticed on LinkedIn that a friend of mine had changed jobs yet again. A news article announced major U.S. companies' concern over the negative impact of AI, and the article's photo showed Hollywood writers protesting the use of AI, all worried about losing their jobs. (See attached) 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙗𝙨. 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙗. 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙟𝙤𝙗𝙨... The beauty of a platform like Skool is that it allows me to take what I know, package it, monetize it and scale. It's largely up to me; I have to put in the work. No one else will do it -- not even an AI. Not for the essential stuff. I don't choose to worry about the "negative impact of AI" on what I'm doing. Instead, I can ask myself, "How can AI help me grow my business?" "Where is the opportunity?" For example, in the span of ~2 minutes last night I used Chat GPT to create something for a client who wasn't expecting it, when before an AI like that, it would have taken me an hour, and I probably wouldn't have thought to do it, because the ROI wasn't there. The 2 minutes I spent on what will prove to be a helpful tool for my client will have a great ROI. 👇👇👇 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗪: What are you afraid of that might instead be an opportunity for you to grow your business? 👇👇👇