YC: Fundraising

Michael Seibel - How to Talk to Investors Lecture Transcript: http://genius.com/Tyler-bosmeny-lecture-19-sales-and-marketing-how-to-pitch-and-investor-meeting-roleplaying-annotated

Three segments in this lecture:

Tyler Bosmeny, founder and CEO of Clever, starts off today's lecture with an overview of the Sales Funnel, and how to get to your first $1 Million.

Michael Seibel, founder of Justin.tv and Socialcam and Partner at Y Combinator, then goes over how to talk to investors - the pitch.

Dalton Caldwell, founder of imeem and App.net and Partner at Y Combiantor, and Qasar Younis, founder of Talkbin and Partner at Y Combinator, then perform an investor meeting roleplay to give you a taste of how it actually might look behind the scenes.

See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec19/

Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64048
Jess Lee & Aaron Harris - How to Raise Money Jess Lee (Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Aaron Harris (Partner at YC) discuss raising money as an early stage company, and how to think about the fundraising process. Ali Rowghani (CEO of YC Continuity, previously CFO, COO @ Twitter, CFO @ Pixar) shares his thoughts on how to be a great leader and succeed long-term.
Kirsty Nathoo - Fundraising Advice from Female Founders During our Seattle Female Founders Conference Kristen Hamilton (Koru), Beth Kolko (Shift Labs) and Amy Nelson (The Riveter) spoke with YC CFO and Partner Kirsty Nathoo about their fundraising experiences.

Read the transcript here - https://blog.ycombinator.com/fundraising-advice-from-female-founders

If you'd like to watch more, Kirsty spoke with Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures at a previous Female Founders Conference -
https://blog.ycombinator.com/aileen-lee-and-kirsty-nathoo-at-the-female-founders-conference/
Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company - Fundraising During the Female Founders Conference Kat Manalac invited three YC founders on stage to share their experiences of fundraising. The founders are Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange, Vanessa Torrivilla of Goldbely, and Erica Jensen of The Flex Company.
Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, & Parker Conrad - How to Raise Money Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Marc-andreessen-lecture-9-how-to-raise-money-annotated

Sam leads a panel Q&A on Fundraising in this lecture with Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel, and Parker Conrad, Founder of Zenefits.

See Ron Conway's slide, and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec09/

Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64038

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