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Is your pitch deck stuck in a "General Inquiries" folder? 📉 It’s time to change that. Excess Edge Experts Consulting provides warm introductions to the specific VC funds and financial institutions that match your stage and sector. We are actively pa

Day 3 of The Startup Mafia Series: The IIT & IIM Startup Pipeline – Why They Keep Winning The startup world loves the idea of the self-made founder—someone with nothing but an idea, grinding their way to success. But in India, there’s an open secre

Day 6 of The Startup Mafia Series: How Top Founders Get Investors Before Everyone Else Most people think raising money is about having a great idea. But if that were true, why do some founders raise millions before even launching, while others stru

Day 5 of The Startup Mafia Series: Inside the Indian Startup Mafia – The Exclusive Circles That Control the Industry Every industry has gatekeepers. People who decide who gets in, who gets funded, and who wins. The Indian startup ecosystem is no di

Day 7 of The Startup Mafia Series: The Secret Deals That Happen Before Startups Even Launch Most people think startups raise money after launching. The truth? Many of the biggest startups get funded before they even exist. By the time you hear abo

𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼 Below are the key excerpts from Travis’s blog post Startup Seed Raising Skillzzz: 𝟭. 𝗦𝘁�

Most startup advice ends at “find product-market fit.” But what happens after that? This talk..How to Build a Product that Scales into a Company, is one of the most underrated deep dives on what actually matters after you get something people want.

Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy) Raaz Herzberg shares her journey from PM to CMO at Wiz, driving hypergrowth from $0 to $500M ARR. Learn about pivots, customer insights, and scaling f

In the entire ADANI bribery case, the REAL HERO is this guy (in pic) 👏👏 And yet we are hearing the least about him, even though we should probably be thanking the odds that we have politicians like him. He is Andhra Pradesh’s present and new Fina

Startup Basics Day 2: IDEA GENERATING AND VALIDATING Welcome back to the Startup Knowledge Series! Yesterday we talked about what a startup is, and today, we’re gonna dive into the next big thing—coming up with startup ideas and figuring out if the