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Raising Pre-Seed Money? Here’s What No One Tells You Pre-seed funding’s brutal—investors want traction before you’ve barely started. Here’s the secret: strong personal branding can tip the scales. Early founders who share their vision online,

We’ve glamorized the wrong heroes. Startups raise $5M and celebrate. But they have no revenue. No profit. No product-market fit. Just a deck, a dream, and a burn rate. Meanwhile, there’s a quiet founder pulling $40k/month from a boring SaaS with 0

Build distribution before product. Otherwise, you’ll launch to crickets.

VCs and Founders both raise capital. Sharing the comparison on different pitch! All ifs

did we get pre seed before anything like just pitch the idea to investors and get

Most founders talk too much. When you’re in front of an investor, you’re not selling a product—you’re selling a mission. But many treat it like a sales pitch. They ramble. They explain every feature. They forget: time is oxygen. The real challenge

How Much Should You Raise at Idea Stage? Most founders either raise too little or too much. Here’s a simple mental model 👇 🔸 Don’t raise for 18 months You’re not scaling - you’re validating 🔸 Don’t raise based on “runway” Raise based on milesto

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

Why do founders always pitch to investors, and not the other way around?

The Entrepreneur’s Funding Journey (aka "The Hunger Games: VC Edition") 1. Idea stage: “This is going to revolutionize the world.” 2. Prototype stage: “It almost works. On Tuesdays. If you pray.” 3. Pitch stage: “We’re pre-product, pre-revenue,