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🌟🎙️Check out Analisa Goodin on the latest episode of Funded.

Incredible journey of launching ThriveDesk! 🚀 From bootstrapping in a competitive market to raising $150K+ without investors, this story is packed with valuable insights, hard-earned lessons, and strategic brilliance. ✨

See a startup bold enough to tackle society toughest problem - loneliness!! Meet Anita Hossain Choudhry + Rei Wang, who just raised $4.7M !! 👏🏼👏🏼 This is a milestone on the road to delivering The Grand World’s vision… Making the world a less lonely place!!! ❤️ This matters now more than ever before. Given the staggering stats around loneliness and depression. 😣 They are leveraging their expertise in community and coaching with builders and leaders, while at First Round Capital. And opening the power of community to the world. This will allow for community and coaching to improve well-being, reduce loneliness, and ultimately drive performance! Personally, I battled with loneliness, depression, and low esteem for decades. It was painful and debiltating at times, though I pushed through. I was heading down a vicious spiral… But it was community & coaching that saved my life! ✨✨ It provided me guidance, a sense of belonging, and helped me become my best self. I wouldn’t be here today without it. This is why I deeply believe in the power of community & coaching. It can be life-changing! On multiple levels. This is why I couldn’t be more excited to see what Anita and Rei are building, and the audacious goal to scale impact! 🙌🏼 🚨Calling all leaders of business operations, startup portfolios, non profits, sports organizations… 👉🏼 you NEED to look at The Grand for your team! Meet the CEO below in the video, read more about their journey, and reach out!! — We at Sunset Ventures proudly invested at the Pre-Seed and couldn’t ask for better partners than Seven Seven Six 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ !!⭐️ There are no better VCs (and human beings) out there in this ecosystem than Alexis Ohanian Sr. + Katelin Holloway 🙏🏼

Pomelo raised its first round deep into the boom market of 2021. And what has co-founder Gaston Irigoyen learned from these times of abundance? 👀 That you can and should adapt to the mood of the market. 👇 - When times are good, you can raise more money for the same dilution and use that additional capital to go even faster and strengthen your brand. - But when times are tough... You must build a solid plan and evaluate how much you ~really~ need before kicking off your fundraising.

It's easy to get caught up in the dollar amount raised. But often, short term sacrifices pay off with long term fundraising success. Impact goes beyond money, and here are three essential metrics that help us understand it better:

👋 If you're one goal in life is to be confused for Bono, raise your hand. If your hand isn't raised...it's fine we know you just can't admit it. For everyone with your hand raised in the early stages your implementation kickoff, we have the perfect tips for you to be a rock star just like Bono 🎸🤘 https://hubs.ly/Q02pZDwq0

The more calls with investors, the more money raised - it's very simple The more calls and eyeballs you get on your deal, the better the results All you need to focus on is 1) creating a compliant offering 2) getting as many eyeballs on your deal as possible

The more calls with investors, the more money raised - it's very simple The more calls and eyeballs you get on your deal, the better the results All you need to focus on is 1) creating a compliant offering 2) getting as many eyeballs on your deal as possible

The more calls with investors, the more money raised - it's very simple The more calls and eyeballs you get on your deal, the better the results All you need to focus on is 1) creating a compliant offering 2) getting as many eyeballs on your deal as possible

It's nearly time for our Strategy Café with David Levine: How to Raise Money Like a Pro by a Pro! He has raised millions in funding for both his own business & for others. Tune in as he shares his guide for founders looking to raise funds & tackle barriers https://hubs.li/Q02mfRzj0