Heyā it's Christine,
If you subscribe to my newsletter (which you should!)Ā then you'll know that I provide founders with the latest advice on building your company.
It also means that you may haveĀ read the start of this article (as part ofĀ my once-a-week Startup SecretsĀ newsletter). If this is you, keep scrollingĀ down so you can get to the good stuff!
But otherwise...Ā
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On my mind this week:
This week I had lunch with a friend who is raising a round of equity crowdfunding for his business.Ā
I hesitate to call his company a "startup" because he is beyond the zero-to-one phase and is well on his way to scalingĀ a working model.
But he ...
In this blog post, Iām going to tell you something that ALL other blog posts on venture funding wonāt tell you.
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Most blog posts would answer the question āHow To Get Venture Fundingā with a list of things you should do:
- Find investors
- Pitch investors
- Get a term sheet
- Close the round
etc. etc.
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But if you subscribe to my once-a-week Startup Secret newsletter (which you should!) youāll know that I donāt give you generic, Chat-GPT generated, advice.
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I cut through the noise and get to the heart of what really matters.Ā
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And what matters today is that I help you raise money and not fall into the traps that 99% of newbie foun...
If you subscribe to my newsletter (which you should!) you'll know that I am all about getting you to your firstĀ oneĀ million in funding or revenue, fast. š
But theĀ fastĀ part will never happen if you find yourself stuck in procrasti-producing and don't know how to effectively prioritize.
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Waaay too many foundersĀ fall into the trap of doing tasks thatĀ bring them comfort, but that don't actually move the needle for their business.
- If you're a designer, you might spendĀ way too long designing your brand or website.
- If you're a coder,Ā you could be spending way too long perfecting a feature.
- If you're a researcher, you could spend way too lo ...
What we'll cover:
- VCs are attractedĀ toĀ a founder's conviction
- People Pleasers let their desire to be liked get in the way ofĀ unleashing their own beliefs.
- How this plays out for woman and minority founders
- What VCs can do
- What founders can do
Where this came from:
They say that through hardship comes growth. Well this year, Iāve grown. A lot.Ā
Not just in the usualĀ wayāhandling all of the startup obstacles that are standard for any founderābut in an internal way: examining behaviors thatĀ may haveĀ subconsciouslyĀ sabotaged my goals.
Through this āresearchā Iāve come to a conclusion: People PleasersĀ (of which I am a first-class exa...

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