The Founder Initiative

194 Episodio

1. How Rinse Raised $70M: The Fundraising Lesson Every Founder Needs

   Pubblicato: 18/06/2025
2. (YC S24) How Offstream Got Into YC With Screenshots, a Deck, and Low Traction — Varsha’s Blueprint for Founders

   Pubblicato: 17/06/2025
3. [$370M Exit] Neubird's Founder, Gotham Rao; selecting your next startup idea

   Pubblicato: 11/06/2025
4. [$70M raised] LucidLink's Founder; near shutdown to $50M ARR - PMF journey & closing your first round

   Pubblicato: 04/06/2025
5. [VC Pitch] Hustle Fund's GP, Eric Bahn & Feather Robotics's CEO, Hoa Mai

   Pubblicato: 28/05/2025
6. The Funding Framework, ex 500 Global, Vijay Rajendran - unique steps used by successful founders to get funded

   Pubblicato: 22/05/2025
7. [VC Pitch] Eventbrite's Founder (now VC at A*) reviews a pitch: Peter Fitzpatrick, Founder of Fawn

   Pubblicato: 14/05/2025
8. [VC Pitch] Foundation Capital's ($6B AUM), Partner Sid Trivedi <> Cofactory's, Founder Josiah Spartz

   Pubblicato: 23/04/2025
9. 450 early stage investments; Founder & GP; Michael Cardamone

   Pubblicato: 02/04/2024
10. [$300M AUM] Navy SEAL & Olympian to Harpoon Ventures, Founder & GP; Larsen Jensen's Story

    Pubblicato: 27/02/2024
11. [$70M raised] Productiv's funding & product-market-fit journey

    Pubblicato: 06/02/2024
12. Immigrant founder to $10M+ raised; Oana Manolache, Founder of Sequel.io

    Pubblicato: 23/01/2024
13. [$13M Raised] YC Space Tech startup, how they got funded; AstroForge's Founder, Matt Gialich

    Pubblicato: 09/01/2024
14. What VCs expect during a pitch: Emil Capital's Managing Partner, Marcel Bens

    Pubblicato: 12/12/2023
15. [$23M Raised] Getting into YC (no website) & how they hit product-market fit; CommandBar's Founder, James Evans

    Pubblicato: 05/12/2023
16. 8 Unicorns (Deel & Miro); Altair Capital's, Igor Ryabenkiy shares what he looks for when investing

    Pubblicato: 14/11/2023
17. [Exit to Salesforce] Troops's Founder, Dan Reich: How to fundraise without a product or customers

    Pubblicato: 26/10/2023
18. Exits to SAP & Medallia: Shreesha Ramdas, Founder of Lumber, why founder-market-fit is overrated & how to select the right industry

    Pubblicato: 26/09/2023
19. [1,500 startups reviewed] Zamir Shukho, GP at Vibranium VC; founder motivation & customer discovery pitfalls

    Pubblicato: 12/09/2023
20. Former a16z Partner, Rex Salisbury, now GP at Cambrian; Speed of execution & career highs and lows

    Pubblicato: 29/08/2023