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VC Minute

Quick advice to help startup founders fundraise better. Founders, do you feel like you"re fundraising on an uneven playing field? You are. The VC minute is here to help you level up. Venture capitalists navigate pitches and negotiate investments every day. They know the ins and outs and are up-to-date on the current funding environment. But as a founder, it may be your first foray into fundraising, and no matter how much success you"ve had in other areas nothing truly prepares you for the

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270. A Smaller Deck With Less Information

VC Minute ·

2024/10/25

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Don't answer every question in your deck. Give just enough information to pique curiosity. About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering transparent, strategic actions for short and long-term success. Transform your financial ap...

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269. Inside the Mind of an Investor When There's Too...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/24

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Let's peer into the spooky world inside a VC's brain when you're pitching with a wall-of-text slide.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering transparent, strategic actions for short and long-term success. Transform your fin...

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268. Maximum Information in Minimum Words feat....

VC Minute ·

2024/10/23

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Understanding that you have a very limited amount of time and space to compete for a limited amount of investor attention.About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with actionab...

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3:07

267. Too Much or Too Little on the Team Slide feat....

VC Minute ·

2024/10/22

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. The Team slide is your chance to answer the question, "why you?" A handful of logos is no more helpful than two paragraphs of text.About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with...

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266. From Three Sentences to the Structure of a Solid...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/21

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. If your pitch deck should form an argument, the best way to formulate that argument is by writing it out in three sentences. About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with ...

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265. Pitch Deck Should Form an Argument feat. Justin...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/18

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Structure your pitch deck in a way that it forms an argument and each slide supports that argument all the way through. About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with actionable...

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Edited 3. Market Sizing - 3:31 feat. Justin Izzo from...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/17

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Market sizing should articulate how you see the market, showing that you understand your target market and can focus on it. About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with a...

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263. Your Deck is Too in the Weeds, feat. Justin Izzo...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/16

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. You don't have critical distance from your business to be able to get out of the weeds. Get feedback on your deck from someone with that critical distance. About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns...

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262. Justin Izzo on the Art and Science of Pitch Decks

VC Minute ·

2024/10/15

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. The author of Dropbox DocSend's pitch deck analyses shares his insights into building a "snappy" pitch deck.About Justin IzzoJustin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with actionable next steps....

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261. Build the Future, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/11

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. "There's very few companies, or people, or teams that get to build the future." -Sunny HanAbout FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Fi...

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260. Venture Capital Is A Game, feat. Sunny Han,...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/10

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny looks at VC as a game, one that has rules. You can still choose to play with people good people, but know that they have objectives that may not be the same as yours. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation softwa...

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259. Delusion and the Series A Extension, feat. Sunny...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/09

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. After raising in the bubble of 2021, the next raise proved both challenging and humbling. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fraction...

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258. Raising Series A in 2021, feat. Sunny Han,...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/08

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny shares, "The Series A felt like poetry. It didn't feel like finance. And I think there, underlying that, there's some delusional problems with how I was managing the company at the time."About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automati...

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257. Rapid Growth, Is It the Right Growth? feat....

VC Minute ·

2024/10/07

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. VCs push founders for growth. Founders push their teams for growth. But is all growth the right growth? About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the le...

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256. Choosing the Right Investors, feat. Sunny Han,...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/04

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny shares his lesson on how he would choose investors. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm s...

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255. Raising Seed and Reaching Investors, feat. Sunny...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/03

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Running a targeted fundraising process—knowing who he want to reach and who can introduce him—got the fundraise moving quickly.About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded ...

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254. Friends, Family Fools Round, feat. Sunny Han,...

VC Minute ·

2024/10/02

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny leveraged his personal savings and help from family to fund the pivot. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance an...

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253. From Consulting To Startup, Painfully, feat....

VC Minute ·

2024/10/01

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Starting out as a consulting business was a great way to learn what customers wanted, but caused problems as the other founders didn't want to give up the consulting work. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.Abou...

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252. Meet Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

VC Minute ·

2024/09/30

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Meet Sunny Han, founder & CEO of Fulcrum. SpringTime invested in Fulcrum and has been with them through all the ups and downs. About FulcrumFulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Par...

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251. Fundraise Now, Or Focus on the Business Then...

VC Minute ·

2024/08/23

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Should you back off of the business to fundraise for 3 months, or can you accomplish more by spending 4 months heads-down growing the business? About AVL Growth PartnersAVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering transparent, strategic actions for sho...

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