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Nov. 30, 2020

Artem Mashkov on why some founders shouldn't raise money and advice for founders in the retail industry

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Artem Mashkov to pick his brain for a while. He provided us and our listeners with invaluable business advice. Some background on Artem: For the uninitiated, Artem is the COO of SwagUp and the founder and p…

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Nov. 27, 2020

Jinal Jahaveri, Episode Summary:

This blog post is a  short summary of Jinal Jahaveri's episode. Jinal is an engineer turned entrepreneur and also an investor. He is founder and chairman of the company «SchoolMint» (​https://www.schoolmint.com)​ , as well a…

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Nov. 25, 2020

Venture Lending and Venture Debt

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Troy Zander for the fundraising radio podcast.Troy Zander is a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. He is the partner in charge of the San Diego Office, and the head of the firm's venture lendi…

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Nov. 24, 2020

How startups can work with banks

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Reza Sabahi for the Fundraising Radio podcast. Reza Sabahi is the managing director at Wells Fargo Capital finance (https://wellsfargocapitalfinance.com) , which is one of the specialized lending…

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Nov. 23, 2020

Sarah Leners on getting your first call with investors

In this short FundRaising Radio blog post we will summarize the tips Sarah Leners, Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners, shared in regards to getting your first call with an investor.   Networking advice for founders…

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Nov. 20, 2020

Investing in Immigrant founders.

This blog post is based on the conversation we had with Nitin Pachisia on the Fundraising Radio podcast.   First of all Nitin gives some background on himself and on Unshackled Ventures which he started about six years ago. While discussing&n…

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Nov. 19, 2020

How investors source their deals

How five investors source their deals, by Luis Bravo. Jasmine Yu Zhang, Venture University and Angel Investor: Jasmine Yu Zhang is a partner at Venture University. According to its LinkedIn, Venture University is  “the world's leading i…

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Nov. 18, 2020

How to get your startup through COVID-19.

In today’s blog post we will make quite a relevant summary of our guests’ views on the investing, fundraising and basically surviving during COVID-19.  We have chosen 5 episodes in which this topic was discussed. That way you will …

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Nov. 17, 2020

Jessica Li's advice for startup founders:

In this article Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital, tells us about choosing the right person to invest in your idea,  she shares some details about early stage fundraising and about her personal investment preferences.    Some bac…

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Nov. 16, 2020

How to fund your startup through grants?

This article is based on the conversation we had with Sedale Trubovsky. For the uninitiated Sedale Trubovsky is a serial entrepreneur, who is currently the founder and CEO of Open Grants. Sedale’s interest and proclivities for grants stems fro…

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