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Course: Raising Money for Startups |
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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. (Before You
Raise Money, Sample Pitches from Successful
Entrepreneurs, Decisions To Make before Fundraising).
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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 funding from a syndicate of investors who’s pedigree
included Yelp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Zynga, Playdom,
Mint.com, SlideShare, and more. (Getting Meetings with
Angel and Venture Capital Investors, Sample E-mails for
Getting the Meeting).
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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. (Interview with Dave McClure on
How Investors Think).
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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 startups raise over $8
million in VC. (Creating A Perfect Pitchdeck, Sample
Pitch Deck).
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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 funding, private companies that have
raised money, and public companies. Yokum has seen over
50 angel and venture financings in the last year alone.
(Legal Side of Fundraising).
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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 startup funding from some of the
best investors in the US. (Nailing the Pitch Meeting).
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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.
(Closing Your Financing Round).
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Course covers the following topics:
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CURRICULUM
SECTION 1: BEFORE YOU RAISE MONEY
Before You Raise Money, Sample
Pitches from Successful Entrepreneurs, Decisions To Make
before Fundraising
SECTION 2: GETTING MEETINGS WITH ANGEL AND VENTURE
CAPITAL INVESTORS
Getting Meetings with Angel and
Venture Capital Investors, Sample E-mails for Getting
the Meeting
SECTION 3: THE INVESTOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON FUNDRAISING
Interview with Dave McClure on How
Investors Think
SECTION 4: CREATING A KILLER PITCHDECK
Creating A Perfect Pitchdeck,
Sample Pitch Deck
SECTION 5: THE LEGAL SIDE OF FUNDRAISING
Legal Side of Fundraising
SECTION 6: NAILING THE PITCH MEETING
Nailing the Pitch Meeting
SECTION 7: CLOSING YOUR FINANCING ROUND
Closing
Your Financing Round |
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