VC Minute
Quick advice to help startup founders fundraise better. Founders, do you feel like you're fundraising on an uneven playing field? You are. The VC minute is here to help you level up. Venture capitalists navigate pitches and negotiate investments every day. They know the ins and outs and are up-to-date on the current funding environment. But as a founder, it may be your first foray into fundraising, and no matter how much success you've had in other areas nothing truly prepares you for the fundraising journey. The VC Minute was created to help founders close this gap. While it may seem like securing an investment at the seed stage is mostly driven by luck, there are steps founders can take to increase the odds of successfully raising a round. And that's what we're going to cover on the VC Minute through a series of short episodes. I'm going to share with you insights to help navigate the seed stage financing dynamics. I'm Rich Maloy, Managing Partner at SpringTime Ventures with 25 years business experience a dozen years in the startup ecosystem. I've applied my experience from sales, finance, and venture investing, to help startup founders fundraise better.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 275
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
150. Don't Take Venture Capital feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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One of the best pieces of advice Abby got: seriously evaluate if your business actually needs venture capital.
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Reaching 9M people monthly, Rescript…
149. Valuation Matters To Your Team feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Your team is also watching your company valuation.
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Reaching 9M people monthly, Rescripted is the #1 global media platform for women's health and fe…
148. Questions to Ask VCs feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Do you want industry expertise or operational experience from investors? Write out what you want before you start fundraising.
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147. Warm Intros Only feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Personalized, forwardable emails that your connections can send along will unlock doors to new investors.
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146. Two More Investor Trick Questions feat. Abby Mercado @ Rescripted
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Where are you in the process? What's your valuation expectation? Abby provides guidance on answering both of these trick questions.
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145. Intro + Trick Question feat. Abby Mercado, CEO @ Rescripted
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Watch out for these VC "trick questions." How you answer will impact how far you get in their process.
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143. Staying Top Of Mind
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Staying top-of-mind with investors bends recency bias in your favor. Here are four ideas.
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SpringTime Ventures seeds high-growth startups …
142. Tuesday Expenses - Getting Unusual Data Requests from VCs
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When a venture fund is asking for "Tuesday Expenses" it's because someone in the firm has direct experience with that, whether good or bad.
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141. Pattern Matching & Recency Bias
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VC's are pattern matching all the time and recency bias can really put its thumb on the scales when it comes to decision making. Do you best to understand the pat…
140. Pre-Seed or Seed? Which Are You?
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When founders ask me whether they should be targeting pre-seed or seed, I have three clarifying questions.
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SpringTime Ventures seeds high…
139. Qualities of the Right Investor feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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It all comes down to people.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first institution created specifically to finance brick-and-mortar businesses. Where venture capital has …
138. Build Your Network Before Fundraising feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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If you don't have a network of investors, start building that network now, before you need to fundraise.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first institution created spe…
137. Prepare Follow Up Materials In Advance feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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So much of fundraising can be made easier by some advance work. One of the critical pieces are the follow up materials.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first institut…
136. You Have To Believe The Story You're Selling feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Your fundraising story will evolve as you continue to pitch. Keep checking in to ensure your story is still aligned with your mission and values.
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Bon…
135. Fundraising Friends feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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"Fundraising Friends" is a great way to get unfiltered advice throughout your fundraise process. Hear how Neha did it.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first instituti…
134. The Mental Game of Fundraising While Running The Business feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Use Time Blocking to create space between pitching investors and working with your team or customers.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first institution created specifi…
133. Pre-Seed Pitch Is The Most Fun - Live In The Vision feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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Pre-Seed fundraising allows a founder to live inside the vision of their business.
About Bonside
Bonside is the first institution created specifically to finance br…
132. A Thousand Reasons To Say No, Only One Reason To Say Yes
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The founders that are the best at unlocking that one reason are the ones that run a tight process.
I also mention The Daily Bolster podcast, which is packed with …
131. Angel Investors Are Everywhere and Nowhere
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Peter Walker, Head of Insights @ Carta, posted this: Where have the angels gone this year?
People often think of angel investors as only friends and family. But t…