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Jon Staenberg

Fundraising

Podcast

How Jon Staenberg Nets 35% ROI with Search Funds

Jason Kirby

Benjamin Chiang

Fundraising

Podcast

From Uber to Snap to AI: Ben Chiang on Raising Millions Then vs Now

Jason Kirby

Jennifer Henderson Tilt Founder

Fundraising

Podcast

Strategy

How Jennifer Henderson Had 60 Pitches in 90 Days and Raised $30M

Jason Kirby

Travis Steffen Retention Revatto

Fundraising

Podcast

Strategy

Save Thousands in Churn and Increase Retention W/ Travis Steffen

Jason Kirby

John Rood Beyond The Exit

Fundraising

Podcast

Exit Strategy

What Founders Get Wrong About Exits with John Rood

Jason Kirby

Fundraising

Podcast

How Jennifer Tsay Scaled Shoott to $10M Without Additional Funding

Jason Kirby

Nailing Warm Intros At Scale With David Connors

Fundraising

Podcast

Nailing Warm Intros At Scale With David Connors

Jason Kirby

Raising Capital As A Female Founder With Jess Loren

Fundraising

Podcast

Gender Lens

Raising Capital As A Female Founder With Jess Loren

Jason Kirby

Advisors for startup growth with Barry Stamos

Podcast

Strategy

Advisors

10x Growth Strategies: Barry Stamos on Building a Top Advisory Team

Jason Kirby

IPO Strategy for startups with Peter Goldstein

Podcast

Strategy

Investors

Small-Cap IPO Strategy: Insights from Peter Goldstein

Jason Kirby

Building a unicorn with JC Glancy

Fundraising

Podcast

Team

Strategy

Building a Unicorn: JC Glancy on the Zenbusiness Journey

Jason Kirby

Startup Celebrity Marketing 101 with Gil Eyal

Talent

Podcast

Strategy

Startup Celebrity Marketing 101 with Gil Eyal

Jason Kirby

Lessons from an investor with Adam Spector

Talent

Podcast

Strategy

Investors

Lessons From An Investor Who Has Backed 200+ Startups

Jason Kirby

Predicting markets for investment with Katelyn Donnelly

Fundraising

Podcast

VC Trends

Strategy

Investors

Predicting The Next Big Markets For Investment

Jason Kirby

What VCs look for in early-stage startups with Dave Lambert

Fundraising

Podcast

VC Trends

Strategy

What VCs Look for in Early-stage Startups

Jason Kirby

The cashflow strategy that grew Swag.com $40M in annual sales with Jeremy Parker

Fundraising

Podcast

Strategy

The Cashflow Strategy that Grew Swag.com to $40M in Annual Sales

Jason Kirby

Leveraging AI to Scale Your Team with Jon Tucker- HelpFlow

Podcast

AI

Team

How To Use AI to Scale Your Business With Jon Tucker (Help Flow)

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 73 Jason: Navigating Your Fundraising Quadrants

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 72 Laurits Just

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 71 Penelope Hope

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 70 David Goldberg

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 69 Carrie Kerpen

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 68 Connor Tomkies

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 67 David Hauser

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 66 Patrick Butler

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 65 Kyle Rector

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 64 Alexandria Proctor

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 63 Patrice King-Brickman

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 62 Dori Yona

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 61 Mark Peter Davis

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 60 Nick Telson-Sillett

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 59- Jason (Fundraising 12-month plan)

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 58 Edrizio dela Cruz

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 57 Jason- Investor Calls

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 56 Ari Newman

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Noah Friedman on Alcohol and Vices

Podcast

FD Ep. 55 Noah Friedman

Jason Kirby

Prateek Joshi on AI & VC Startup.

Podcast

FD Ep. 54 Prateek Joshi

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 53 Michael Markesbery

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 52 David Rodnitzky

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 51 Akaash Shah

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 50 Dan Reich

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 49 Chris Gladwin

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 48 Alex Pattis

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 47 Wen-Wen Lam

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 46 Rob Hunter

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 45 Colby Mckenzie

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 44 Winter Mead

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 43 Diana Heldfond

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 42 Peter Goldstein

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 41 Shane Neman

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 40 Brady Nolan

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 39 Sim Desai

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 38 Alex Simpson

Jason Kirby

Pivoting after raising $3 million

Podcast

FD Ep. 37 Sherry Jiang

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 36 Thanasis Proof.vc

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 35 Nick Cuomo

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 34 Alon Talmor

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 33 Tyler Denk

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 32 Jeremy Vaughan

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 31 Vlada Lotkina

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 30 Frank Licea

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 29 Announcement - Kaustav Das

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 28 Announcement - Nami Baral

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 27 Announcement - Paul Kromidas

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 26 Announcement - Ryan Eisenmann

Jason Kirby

Podcast

FD Ep. 25 Announcement - Ali Ansari

Jason Kirby

Unlocking the Power of PR in Fundraising with Jordan Bantista

Podcast

Unlocking the Power of PR in Fundraising with Jordan Bantista

Jason Kirby

Podcast

How Julia Pimsleur Raised $6M VC & Empowered Women Entrepreneurs

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Zach Bell: Turning a Blank Check into $6 Million Pre-Revenue Funding

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Jack Hamrick Raised $3M Seed Round for Specialty Foods Marketplace

Jason Kirby

Melissa Kwan

Podcast

From Survival to Growth: Bootstrapping Differently with Melissa Kwan

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Raising $250M Since 1998: Fundraising Tactics & Tips with Nick Desai

Jason Kirby

Podcast

From Failure to $10M: How Lloyed Lobo Built Boast.ai & Raised $123M

Jason Kirby

Refugee to Raising $2M: Mustafa Al-Adhami’s Astek Diagnostics Journey

Podcast

Refugee to Raising $2M: Mustafa Al-Adhami’s Astek Diagnostics Journey

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Quaid Walker Raises $8M from VCs & Celebs for Luxury Watch Market

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Raising Capital Before The Crypto Collapse: Lessons from Courtyard.io Founder Nicolas le Jeune

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Unit One’s $3.5M Series A: Pivoting Product Strategy Amid the Pandemic

Jason Kirby

Podcast

Cultivating Hype & Attention to Raise Capital – Michael Houck

Jason Kirby

He raised $20 Million for his startup - Eziah Zaidi, CEO, Mend Labs

Podcast

He raised $20 Million for his startup - Eziah Zaidi, CEO, Mend Labs

Jason Kirby

Nik Talreja

Podcast

He raised $16 Million for his startup - Nik Talreja, CEO, Sydecar

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Ep. 7 - Weekly Pitch Deck Feedback Session

Jason Kirby

George Richardson

Podcast

Closed Series A in 3 Months! – George Richardson, CEO of AeroCloud

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Ep. 6 - Weekly Pitch Deck Feedback Session

Jason Kirby

Fundraising

Kickstarter Product Launches: The Power of Presale Launches

Jason Kirby

Jens Neuse

Podcast

What is Venture-Market Fit? - Jens Neuse, Founder, WunderGraph

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Ep. 5 - Weekly Pitch Deck Feedback Session

Jason Kirby

David Daneshgar

Podcast

Should you raise VC or bootstrap? - David Daneshgar, CEO, Whippy

Jason Kirby

Weekly Pitch Deck Feedback Session

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Ep. 4 - Weekly Pitch Deck Feedback Session

Jason Kirby

Brandon Peterson

Podcast

He raised $4.2 Million for his startup - Brandon Peterson, CEO, Geokey

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Pitch Deck Roast: Unleash Your Pitch Deck's Potential

Jason Kirby

Partnership

Traction

Data-Driven Success: The Must-Have Reports for SaaS Startups

Jason Kirby

Brett Martin

Podcast

Brett Martin Raised $21M for Kumospace – Co-founder’s Story

Jason Kirby

Martins Lasmanis

Podcast

He raised $2 Million for his startup - Martins Lasmanis, CEO, Supliful

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Pitch Deck Roast: A Path to Success for Founders

Jason Kirby

Daniel Goldstein

Podcast

Daniel Goldstein Raised $48M for Trust & Will – His Startup Journey

Jason Kirby

Fundraising

Mental Health

Making Hard Decisions Faster and Easier

Jason Kirby

Pitch Deck

Fundraising

Pitch Deck Roast: Unveiling the Secrets to a Winning Pitch Deck

Jason Kirby