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What do you do after selling a startup for $130M? Get back to work and build Remotely.works 🚀 — so the best global talent gets connected to the best opportunities. More on our founding story in the podcast below 👇

What do you do after selling a startup for $130M? I sat down to talk about this with Pau Sabria, co-founder of Olapic and Remotely.works. With Olapic, Pau raised over $22M and then achieved a $130M exit. Now, with Remotely, he and his co-founders have focused on maximizing freedom and sustainable growth. Here are three key insights from our conversation: 1. Transitioning from Venture Capital to Sustainable Growth: Discover how Pau shifted focus from raising $22M for Olapic to bootstrapping Remotely for a balanced approach. 2. Creating Equitable Co-founder Dynamics: Get tips on maintaining fairness and motivation among co-founders with diverse backgrounds. 3. The Importance of Founder-Market Fit: Learn how Pau’s previous experiences gave him and Remotely a unique edge. Don't miss out on this episode filled with actionable insights! 👇 🎧 Listen now: https://buff.ly/3S19yLR ✉️ Subscribe for more stories on finding product-market fit: https://buff.ly/3XLOm0f

Want to build a successful co-founder relationship? 🤝 Struggling with equity splits? Watch as @jarednygren reveals why he chose a 50/50 split with his co-founder and how they made it work despite uneven time commitments! Jared Nygren shares invaluable insights on: 💡 Why equal partnership beats complex equity formulas 🎯 Finding a co-founder who shares your vision ⚖️ Managing contribution imbalances 🤝 Building trust in founder relationships ➕ and much more about partnership dynamics! ➡️ Just comment 💡 & I'll send you the episode. ✨ Follow @startupswithstu for more startup wisdom. #StartupTips #CoFounders #StartupsWithStu

Have you ever watched The Pitch where startup founders raise millions from VCs (and listeners can invest alongside them via The Pitch Fund)? If not, you have to check it out! This week's findfunding.vc spotlight is on Lisa Muccio from The Pitch Fund. She: 🌴 Is Florida based 🎙️ Co-founded The Pitch with her husband Josh Muccio which has since grown to an audience in the hundreds-of-thousands 🎶 Has worked with Gimlet Media and Spotify to turn The Pitch into the media franchise it is today Amongst founders, Lisa and Josh are known for really digging in with them to help them craft their story in a way that resonates with both investors and listeners of The Pitch. Having been on The Pitch show myself as an investor / having led the pre-seed in Thoras.ai that pitched on the show, I cannot recommend enough going on the show for both pre-seed / seed founders and investors. It's not only a great way to raise / see companies and comes with a lot of visibility but it's also a lot of fun and Lisa and Josh are amazing! Make sure to: ✉️ Pitch her on LinkedIn or at pitch.show/apply  🎧 Subscribe and listen to The Pitch (on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, etc)! For more, check out our funder spotlight card below along with The Pitch Fund's profile on findfunding.vc (link in comments).

Don’t be fooled by all the media and coverage of big raises. Behind all the hype are people who just signed up for a new hero’s journey that may push them and their teams to the brink. Sure, a big raise is often a positive thing for founders and their companies. But on the inside, a big fundraise means you’re under even more pressure and have even BIGGER numbers to hit. There wasn’t a fundraise Max Yoder, founder of Lessonly (now Seismic Learning), completed that didn’t bring him to tears. And we’re not talking about tears of joy… Max knew that the hundreds of hours it took to complete these critical fundraises was just a slow process of “loading even more weight onto the bar.” Weight he’d have to successful lift over the coming years if he was ever going to reach his dreams. His company’s vision. As Alicia E. Mckoy, PhD, CCWS likes to say, “There are those who have chronic anxiety disorders, and there are those who chronically put themselves into high stress situations that produce anxiety.” Founders often fall into the later camp. Max Yoder is one of those few founders who does his damndest to just tell it like it is. Good. Bad. Ugly. Gut wrenching. He shoots straight with you. And he and his co-founder from Lessonly, Conner Burt, did just that on The Dreamfuel Show. They opened up and told the real story of what it took to take their tech company from zero to $30 million in ARR. Ultimately resulting in one of Indianapolis’s most noteworthy tech acquisitions. I put a link to the full podcast with Max and Conner in the comments below. If you’re a founder or tech leader trying to build a mindset capable of getting to your company’s exit without “losing yourself,” you’ll be thankful you gave it a listen. #mindset #founder #entrepreneur #saas #tech

Are you planning on reaching out to Investors but don't know where to start? Join us tomorrow as one of the industry's experts, Eva Dobrzanska takes Hyper Startup Studio's Haydn Gouldie through her fundraising playbook! https://lnkd.in/efjCDNVa Not sure if you want to?? Eva will break down real-life capital raising strategies that Founders used to raise millions, into steps you can replicate yourself right now! These very methods have: Got a positive VC reply within 20 minutes, Got a reply from Mark Cuban, Got a foot in the door and currently speaking with Richard Brandon’s team, A reply from Sequoia Capital in <24 hours, And a stellar 100% response rate (!) within the first 4 hours of sending cold emails. We're talking real-life examples, real emails shown on screen, and practical stuff you wont find anywhere except at Fundraising Playbooks. This is not your usual workshop. This is a masterclass. Webinar Details: 🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 25 ⏰ Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM BST 🎤 Guest Speaker: Eva Dobrzanska Register Here: https://lnkd.in/efjCDNVa

She just scaled her company to $1.1 Billion as the primary owner WITHOUT VC. Meet, Fawn Weaver, founder of Uncle Nearest, Inc. and Black Girl Magic! Here's the thing - I don't care that Fawn scaled to a billion because, quite frankly, I think the business ecosystem glamorizes "billion" without understanding the unintended consequences. Instead, I care about HOW Fawn scaled her company. She broke it down on the Get Sh!t Done Podcast. Here's what stood out to me... 1- 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. Fawn was very clear about scaling a legacy brand that she would continue owning. This is exactly why she did NOT raise venture capital. Instead, she got individual investors that she will buy out over time to maintain ownership of the company. OWNERSHIP MATTERS to build wealth. 2 - 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, including how she treats her people. 3 -𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 98% 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 not through paid ads. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 3 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: 1. 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬: Recognize that the media's primary goal is to engage their audience. Approach the press with stories that interest their readers or viewers rather than just pitching your product. 2. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: Build strong, lasting relationships with journalists by providing them with valuable content. Research and tailor your pitches to their specific interests and past coverage. 3. 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Ideally, ensure your product is physically available in the market before launching national media campaigns. However, early media exposure can also help in attracting distributors and creating initial buzz. Fawn drops more nuggets on how she scaled on her own terms and so much more. Access Fawn’s Growth Playbook in the comments. In the meantime, join me in celebrating a queen for an incredible accomplishment! So proud of you Fawn Weaver and how you're revolutionizing scaling success 💛 #shegetsshitdone #womenfounders #startups #scale

Our goal with the Origins Podcast is to host truly tremendous GPs and LPs to share insights on how the best do what they do. Wesley Chan FPV Ventures' founding partner is all that and more. He and I had a convo on his investment philosophy that I hadn’t stopped thinking about for over a year now… and in this episode – we get to share it. “If you’re not changing the world, you’re wasting your time.” ... this is a guiding principle for Wes learned from his time working with Sergey Brin... Wes’ founders aren’t offering something 10x better than what’s on the market – it must be 100x better – or it doesn’t even yet exist. Wes was one of the first institutional checks into companies like @Canva, @Flexport, @Guild Education, @RobinHood, @AngelList, @Gusto and @Plaid (to name a few). Another tenet of his great investment acumen is how discerning he is with how his LPs’ dollars are being used, as his base is charitable by design - children's hospitals, pensions, endowments and foundations - and he partners with founders who care deeply about being fulfilled.    “I’m not a university, and this isn’t your tuition money.” Meaning, he’s not handing out checks to experiment and test out an idea. He’s backing founders that are there to go win.    As an investor in FPV, we at Sapphire Partners are deeply appreciative of this - and a shoutout to my partner Laura Thompson who first met Wes as the origin story of our partnership. More on that in the episode. 🙏Thank you, Wesley Chan, for lending us your time. Links to listen below 👇 #OpenLP #VC #Origins

📣 🎉 Attention Founders: if you’re even thinking about raising capital for your idea, check this Raise Summit out 📣 🎉 ❗ Use this link to register ❗ https://lnkd.in/gXTmFwVw In healthcare, the status quo often leaves little room for new voices and ideas. The system isn’t built for innovation, and the barriers to entry are especially steep for founders without a current seat at the table or the resources to get there. Which means that too often, ideas with the potential for real impact never see the light of day while the incumbents, imperfect as they may be, continue to grow. On the other hand, raising capital can feel like a “dirty word” in healthcare, and for understandable reasons. It’s not always the right fit, it’s not guaranteed, and sometimes it creates as many challenges as it solves. But with the right founder and funder in the right moment, I do believe that it can help elevate new ideas and new voices that have a chance to impact real progress in novel, possibly non-conventional, ways. And more funds and programs that are focused on supporting exactly that are emerging every day, of all different shapes, sizes, and terms. Something I’ve learned: hearing from people who’ve walked your path—the good, the bad, and the brutally honest—is invaluable. Education is really key here. It’s not a silver bullet, but at its best, it could give you the breathing room to focus on your vision and push past roadblocks. It’s always worth learning and exploring your options. Take what serves you, leave the rest, and see what works for your goals. 💡✨

𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 28-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 $400𝐌 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 Don't miss to know what’s making headlines from yesterday in Europe’s toughest deal ecosystem?  ----  Meet the young podcaster Harry Stebbings, who turns conversations into capital. The 28-year-old man just closed a $400M fund for his firm 20VC in Europe.   $125 million for seed investments - planting those early ideas!   $275 million for Series A funding- because who doesn’t want to go big?    Here’s the story you don't want to miss – 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭. Harry started his podcast journey at just 18 in 2015.  The Twenty Minute VC became a sensation - hitting 2,750 interviews with tech leaders!  Since 2019, 20VC has backed six unicorns at the seed level.  Who knew podcasting could pay off this big? He didn’t just build his creative empire as a content creator;  He used his podcast to connect with a strong network and attract industry investment.  The result?  Harry’s charm snagged backing from MIT and 40 founders from Canva, Spotify and more! 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 Harry shows that strategic content and strong connections can drive success in venture capital!  ✅ His podcast opens doors to key tech relationships. ✅ With millions tuning in, he’s a deal-making powerhouse. ✅ His solid network helps land significant fund backing.    Is content creation the new pitch deck that’s reshaping the landscape of deal-making? Who knows, the future of deal-making could be driven by content creators!  Drop your thoughts below - will content be a game-changer for future deals?   Is it mainly about visibility in the market, or is it about graciously sharing what you’ve learned?  #HarryStebbings #20VC #PodcastToProfit #VentureCapital #VCFunding #DealMaking #MS