Naval Ravikant - Before you Raise Money
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and angel investor, a co-author of Venture Hacks, a blog that helps entrepreneurs raise capital, and AngelList, which helps connect entrepreneurs with angel capital.
7 lectures from top founders
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Gagan Biyani - Meeting Angels and VCs
Gagan is co-founder of Udemy. Within 1 year of deciding he wanted to start a company, he met over 90 angel investors and VC's (yes, really, we counted) and raised $1M from a syndicate of investors who's pedigree included Yelp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Zynga, Playdom, Mint.com, SlideShare, and more.
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Dave McClure - The Investor's Perspective
Dave is the Founder of 500 Startups, the most prolific angel investment firm in 2010 (even though it only began operations in August). Previously Dave managed early-stage investments for Founders Fund and ran Facebook's fbFund REV.
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Jay Jamison - Constructing a Killer Pitchdeck
Jay is a Venture Partner at Blue Run Ventures and a top-rated mentor at the Founder Institute. Previously, as CEO of Moonshoot, he helped the company raise over $8 million in VC.
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Yokum Taku - Legal Aspects of Fundraising
Yokum is a corporate and securities partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He represents startup companies seeking venture backing, private companies that have raised money, and public companies. Yokum has seen over 50 angel and venture financings in the last year alone.
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Jude Gomila - Nailing the Pitch Meeting
Jude Gomila is currently co founder of Heyzap (Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator funded in 2009). Heyzap has raised over $4M in financing from some of the best investors in the US.
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Adeo Ressi - Closing the Funding Round
Adeo also runs the Founder Institute, a mentoring program that helps entrepreneurs launch hundreds of world-class companies each year. The Institute is the eighth start-up that Adeo has founded or built, four of which were acquired and three of which are still operating. The Institute is on track to become the largest technology startup incubator on the planet.
You will learn...
- How to raise capital from angel investors & venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target)
- What you need to know before you raise money
- The 4 critical elements of an attractive startup (from an investor's perspective)
- How to create an effective & enticing elevator pitch
- What a perfect pitchdeck looks like
- The legal side of fundraising
- How to find a lead investor
- How to close the round
What you get...
- 7 lectures from top founders & investors who have raised or invested millions of dollars
- Actionable, tactical advice. You will learn the little things that lead to a successful fundraising round
- An interactive discussion board where you can connect with your instructor(s) & fellow students