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Startup Fundraising ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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โ˜ข๏ธ Changes coming...
My fundraising coaching and execution will be moving from Skool. This community will be an entry point for founders to come and receive answers to their basic questions about starting a company that might become venture-backed. Stay tuned. If you want to stay in touch and your email is different from the one you list on Skool, please DM me and give me your preferred email address.
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New comment Oct 12
โ˜ข๏ธ Changes coming...
2 likes โ€ข Sep 7
Thank you for hosting!
Here goes nothing
Just applied to Y Combinator; statistically, chances are 1%. No matter what happens, I am happy because I left it all on the court.
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New comment Sep 10
Here goes nothing
2 likes โ€ข Aug 29
Wooohoooo great job
Startup failures up 60% YoY
Article in the Financial Times today. Venture was frothy in 2021 and even in 2022, and lots of bets were made. Two quick takes: 1. Raise only what you need and keep raising only if you need to. (I.e. don't ask for so much money that you can't "grow into" what you create.) 2. Earn revenue as quickly as possible, and be profitable if possible, but EARN REVENUE. At the very least, investors will see product-market fit. If profitability is slow, an investor can help you tweak the expense side, but they're expecting you to be adopted by your customers and retained.
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New comment Aug 25
Startup failures up 60% YoY
0 likes โ€ข Aug 19
Ooooof thatโ€™s brutal
"Lyra." A curated community of investors and founders
Guys, I have started a paid community that is part of my attempt to "fix" the fundraising process in the private and nonprofit sectors. The problem, I'm learning, is that the current reality requires people called fundraisers, brokers, "finders" (here in Texas). The fact that I've made my livelihood from doing what I do now for 30 years underscores a ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. People like me are unnecessary middle men -- we are like career legislators -- and I think we can find a way to compress the funding process, create shareholder value more quickly, and even out the power imbalance between the person seeking money and the one looking to allocate. HERE is the page. It is by application-only, and if you are a founder of a venture-scale company, I'd encourage you to apply.
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New comment Aug 18
"Lyra." A curated community of investors and founders
1 like โ€ข Aug 18
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Venture Deals (Texas) 2021-2023
Guys, I'm going to post several reports issues by Vela Wood in Dallas regarding venture deals in this state over the past several years. Kevin Vela is the principal of the firm and one of the top venture lawyers in the state. He teaches venture law at SMU and also does the legal work on all of Mark Cuban's deals on Shark Tank. The reason his reports are important is that if you as a founder have been reading the trade press on U.S. venture, the data you see will be skewed by the top cities (SF, NYC, Boston, Austin et al.). Even if you're not in Texas, you might check out his reports to see what the trends are between the coasts. โš ๏ธ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง: Texas over the last year or two is a bit of an outlier and will continue to be, given the presence of Musk's companies and many companies now moving here from California and elsewhere. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™‡๐™Š๐™’: what reports or data would be helpful to you? ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡
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New comment Aug 18
Venture Deals (Texas) 2021-2023
1 like โ€ข Aug 18
Wow, thank you so much for posting this
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@Howard Freeman His visuals are on point
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Sara Gepp
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@sara-gepp-3917
Sara Gepp was Apprentice at Backstage Capital. She is an Apple Certified lT Consultant and advocate for women in the technology field.

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