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Part 1: Fundraising Without YC - The Preparation
Fundraising without a community like YC can be not only difficult but incredibly lonely. It doesn't have to be that way. Here are some tips on having a…
Holly L
Mar 1, 2021
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How to Talk to Users
Startup advice encourages founders to talk to users, but often doesn't tell you what to say or how to listen to discover the specific problem a founder…
Nov 17, 2020
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The Most Destructive Advice for Female Founders
Female founders get a lot of advice, most is well meaning but can go wrong because the advice is not made for them. Top five most destructive advice for…
Holly L
Aug 11, 2021
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Why Your Cap Table is a Crap Table: 10 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Best Investors
Founders fundraising should prepare for the strongest cap table as quickly as possible.
Holly L
Jul 6, 2021
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How to Build Startup Momentum
In Life and Startups. Growth is not the same as velocity or momentum but both growth is necessary for momentum.
Holly L
Dec 15, 2020
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Part 2: Fundraising Without YC - The Process
The second part to Fundraising Without YC - The Preparation. Now that you have set the cap, asked for intros, and created your pitch deck, you are ready…
Holly L
May 8, 2021
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3 Things I Wish I Knew About VCs as a Founder
In Life and Startups. Learning how VCs make money is one of the best ways to see why they look for certain characteristics. This article is to help…
Holly L
Jan 28, 2021
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How do you know you have Product Market Fit?
In Life and Startups
Holly L
Jul 27, 2020
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When You are Not the Default
Sometimes it's hard to be different in the right kind of way. Steve Jobs encouraged us to Think Different, but what if you think different because you…
Holly L
Dec 2, 2020
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Confessions
In Life and Startups. I have a confession to make that I wouldn't normally declare here, but the silence has become deafening for me.
Holly L
Apr 11, 2021
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Creating the Most Value: Thinking Beyond Product
A Primer on the Distribution-Product-Platform Value Chain. It's one thing to build product, it's another thing to have people want it. A couple things…
Holly L
Feb 10, 2021
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How to Decide
This decision framework got us 30 million users. Life is a series of choices; startups are a series of decisions. Find out 5 shortcuts to help you make…
Holly L
Jan 13, 2021
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