Additional Learning
Resources to deepen your fundraising knowledge
Additional Learning
Fundraising Pressure Testing: Prepare for your Mock Pitch
Recommended Resources
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Books:
- "Venture Deals" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
- "The Art of Startup Fundraising" by Alejandro Cremades
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Online Courses:
- Y Combinator's Startup School Fundraising Course
- First Round Capital's Pitch Deck Template
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Tools:
- DocSend for tracking investor deck engagement
- Airtable or Notion for investor CRM
- Calendly for scheduling investor meetings
Practice Exercises
- Create your 3-slide teaser deck
- Write a sample investor update
- Draft three personalized cold outreach emails
- Build a basic financial model
- Prepare answers to common investor questions
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