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Startup Bingo - How many have you hit? [ ] Pivoted [ ] Burned 5L+ [ ] Sent cold emails to investors [ ] Got ghosted after a pitch [ ] Had an app crash during demo [ ] Built the wrong feature [ ] Founder burnout [ ] Said “AI-powered” without needing

Cold Emails: Dead or Alive for Startups? 👻 (Hint: Personalisation is Key!) Generic mass emails = DEAD 💀. BUT... Highly personalised, relevant emails = Still kicking! ✅ Do Your Homework 🕵️‍♀️: Research their role, company, and potential pain poi

Building a platform that helps founders find the perfect investors for their startups. Filter through VCs, angels & grants based on your industry, stage, location & funding needs. No more random cold emails or endless spreadsheets. Just a clear path

🚨 Is the VC Game Rigged? A Social Experiment Exposes the Truth! 🚀 I came across a wild experiment by @bhavye_khetan on X (Twitter) that’s got me thinking. He created a FAKE FOUNDER persona with: Stanford CS background 🎓 Ex-Palantir experience �

2964 cold emails. 8 replies. No complaints — just facts. We often hear: “Just email HR.” So I did. Actually, I built a whole cold-emailing system: 🔹 Personalized messages with names, roles, and companies 🔹 HTML formatting, embedded resume + portf

My buddy has a BPO firm (which has begin operations in 2023), but he has just one project on which the company has relied thus far, and he wants to expand. I mean, he wants more US, UK, and Canadian clients or other english speaking countries for co

Investor Outreach Guide Best ways to reach out to Investors at various stages of startup journey (Indian VCs analysis) where 150+ real investors were asked what they prefer. Warm Intros are unbeatable irrespective of the stage. It's when someone

This is my first post on Medial. And it had to be this one. Two months ago, I was in my bedroom alone - staring at a blank screen, a burning question I couldn’t shake and an idea scribbled on a piece of paper.  An idea that felt too ambitious to say

Tired of sending 200+ cold emails to VCs and hearing nothing back? You’re not alone. Most founders waste weeks doing this, getting zero replies. Here’s the truth: You don’t need “connections” to raise. You need a repeatable process that works. To

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗖 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱? Bhavye Khetan, a graduate from UC Berkeley who is of Indian descent, did a little test. He wanted to show that the world of starting new companies and getting money from