This week's tip: the 7 signs to know when an investor is interested in you During my time as VC, I would instantly know whether or not I liked a company. There wasn't anything in particular that would set me off - it was just a feeling. When this happened, alarm bells would ring in my head that...

This week's tip: how to provide value back to investors. Building relationships is a common topic in this industry, but few explain how to create stronger and closer connections. The key to doing so is by providing value back to investors. By doing this, they get to know you, trust you, and app...

This week's tip: the 4 traits investors look for when investing into founders I talk all the time about how investors invest into founders, not companies. Hopefully you realise this fact, however here is why: There are three constants to the future of your startup. The future is unknown Ev...

This week's tip: the six resources you need to help you fundraise Fundraising in and of itself follows a pattern and has a similar process throughout every stage; in the end it's actually quite easy. However, it only becomes easy once you've done it many times. Second or third-time founders ten...

This week's tip: why and how you share your spiky point of view As some of you may know, I am deep into building a cohort-based course with a16z backed course creator Maven (you can see more info here!). A part of them helping me create the course was defining what my "spiky point of view" of t...

This week's tip: why only the CEO should do your introductory meetings. When I was a VC I met a seed-stage company that I was excited about. The founders had already created an app with over 1 million users, and were now pursuing a more ambitious goal of helping people with longevity/ageing. I ...

This week’s tip: how investors pick you and your team Investors are looking for conviction when deciding whether to invest, which means they are trying to find something within your company that has tangible data. The only tangible thing they have is your company's team, which is why it is the ...

This week’s tip: why you should be a mission-driven founder Building a company is difficult. It requires a ton of sacrifice, mental strain, and hard work to succeed. Every founder will experience dark periods while building their company. These are the periods when the real success rate of a co...

This week’s tip: how to master your first meeting with investors Two of my clients launched their fundraising campaigns this month. It's an interesting time, filled with excitement but also anxiety. We've been working on improving their introductory calls so that they can have more second meeti...

I want to start this week's newsletter with a fact: Cold emailing investors should be your last resort. And an investor will think of 3 things when reading them: “How did they get my email/why did they message me on Linkedin?” “Why should I spend my precious time on this random person?” ”W...