Raising Capital Episodes
Q&A: When To Quit Your Job, Truth About Patents, Going Global
We’ve received a lot of questions from the last few episodes. It’s time Chris and Yaniv answer them! This Q&A episode they explore: When should you quit your day job to go all in on your startup? When should we …
Edu: Creating Your Own Silicon Valley - Ecosystem Building Secrets Re…
There is only one Silicon Valley. Countries around the world have tried and continue to attempt to recreate the magic of Sandhill Road. But there will be only one Silicon Valley. So what can different startup ecosystems do to...
Q&A: The Death of Web3, Fundraising As An Introvert, Future of Austra…
The tech industry has evolved immensely in 2023. It’s time Chris and Yaniv answers the burning questions of startup operators in The Startup Podcast community. This Q&A episode they explore: Everyone always talks about how yo...
Edu: Knowledge vs Wisdom - When Our Advice Is WRONG!
Rules are meant to be broken! You wouldn’t be building startups if you were a complete rule follower. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein discuss all the times when you should IGNORE their advice! Together they co...
Edu: VC Pitch Recording - How Masters Handle Dumb Money
Introducing Mid Capital! This week on The Startup Podcast Chris and Yaniv wanted to switch it up and show how to navigate the fundraising VC discussions via roleplay. That’s right! We think Yaniv has found his calling as an a...
Reacts: The VC Slaughterhouse -- Don't Let Investors Kill Your Dreams
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ episode. Yaniv and Chris are fired up about bad VC investors, and they can't hold it in any longer! Good Venture Capitalists help founders make the impossible, possible. They are the fuel that allows rocketships to...
Edu: Term Sheet Pitfalls – Don’t Turn Your Cap Table Into a Crap Table
Darker times in venture have seen the return of some old investment terms that haven’t had much of an airing lately: warrants, participating liquidation preferences, tranches, and more. These aren’t always bad, but if you’re ...
Edu: Raising Capital at Seed – Don’t Listen to the Dumb Money
The days of easy startup money are over (for now, at least). With the change in capital raising climate has come a tsunami of stupid advice—especially for the many startups facing the challenge of raising at the Seed stage. T...
Reacts: Downturn Fundraising - How to Raise Money in the Current Clim…
It’s no secret that the investment environment has changed quite drastically in the last six months, and for many founders out there it has become much more difficult to raise the needed funds. We have recently had the privil...
Q&A: Prioritising Features, How to Cold Email Investors, and More
Time for another Listener Q&A episode! Chris and Yaniv give clear, actionable answers on the following questions: How to prioritise which features to build? How to think about PR for your startup? When is the right time to st...