How Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra

How Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 20 lectures, based on 31 reviews, and has 211 subscribers.

You will learn about Through in-depth interviews with active startup investors, learn why 99% of entrepreneurs that seek funding get rejected. What the new innovations and business models are that investors are most likely to fund. What the proof points investors look for before they write a check are. When to start raising funds for your startup and go to VCs as kings, not beggars. What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to achieve it. How to get warm introductions to the right investors at the right time rather than wasting time on meetings that will never convert and endure the pain of rejec This course is ideal for individuals who are Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue startup ideas for which they have both passion and expertise. or Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups or Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have suppotred them. or Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world. It is particularly useful for Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue startup ideas for which they have both passion and expertise. or Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups or Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have suppotred them. or Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

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Title: How Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.85

Number of Lectures: 20

Number of Published Lectures: 20

Number of Curriculum Items: 20

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 20

Original Price: $69.99

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What You Will Learn

Through in-depth interviews with active startup investors, learn why 99% of entrepreneurs that seek funding get rejected.
What the new innovations and business models are that investors are most likely to fund.
What the proof points investors look for before they write a check are.
When to start raising funds for your startup and go to VCs as kings, not beggars.
What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to achieve it.
How to get warm introductions to the right investors at the right time rather than wasting time on meetings that will never convert and endure the pain of rejec

Who Should Attend

Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue startup ideas for which they have both passion and expertise.
Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups
Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have suppotred them.
Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

Target Audiences

Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue startup ideas for which they have both passion and expertise.
Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups
Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have suppotred them.
Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.

The 1Mby1M Methodology is based on case studies. In this course, Sramana Mitra shares the tribal knowledge of tech entrepreneurs by giving students the rare seat at the table with the entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders who provide the most instructive perspectives on how to build a thriving business. Through these conversations, students gain access to case studies exploring the alleys of entrepreneurship. Sramana’s synthesis of key learnings and incisive analysis add great depth to each discussion.

One particular trend keeps me awake at night. Thousands upon thousands of entrepreneurs have approached us for help with their funding at a stage where their chances of getting funding is ZERO. We can’t help them, regardless of how powerful our investor connections are. We can’t help a startup get funding before they become fundable. It pains me to see how many entrepreneurs have no idea what makes a startup fundable.

So, my humble advice to all entrepreneurs: please learn to assess your own probability of getting funded.

As you may have already learned in my courses, the early stage investment ecosystem has fragmented, it’s no longer just seed and Series A. The seed part has fragmented to friends and family financing, pre-seed, seed, post-seed, small Series A, and large Series A.

In this course, we will do a deep dive into the seed stage.

If you want introductions to Angels and VCs, a fundable and validated business is a must.

A fundable business with warm introductions is the fastest way to get funded. We can introduce you to angels and VCs, if your idea is fundable and validated. Sadly, less than 1% of businesses are fundable. What that means is more than 99% of the entrepreneurs waste their energy on pitching their unfundable businesses to investors. Hugely unproductive and unhealthy.

There is a reason why savvy entrepreneurs have been using the Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy.

Generation after generation of entrepreneurs have used bootstrapping to get to a fundable stage, so they can call the shots at the negotiation table with their potential investors.

I have nothing against funding. I have scores of friends who are investors and I respect their work.

But my heart belongs to entrepreneurs who are capable of doing the heavy lifting of extensive validation. That’s where we can add the most value and that’s why we are in the trenches with those true entrepreneurs every day.

This course is designed to help such entrepreneurs understand the thought process of seed investors.

The 1Mby1M courses are all heavily based on interview-based case studies on Innovation, Business Models, Go To Market Strategies, Validation Principles, and various other nuances of an entrepreneur’s journey. We offer extensive opportunities for entrepreneurs to learn the lessons from the trenches from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and Investors who support their ambition.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: How Seed Investors Think About Startups

Lecture 3: Investor – Entrepreneur Fit

Lecture 4: The Traction Gap Framework with Bruce Cleveland, Wildcat Venture Partners

Lecture 5: Bootstrapping to Exit with David Lambert, Right Side Capital Management

Lecture 6: Spotlight on Veteran Entrepreneurship with Bradley Harrison, Scout Ventures

Lecture 7: The Definition of Success is Personal: Ben Narasin, Tenacity Venture Capital

Lecture 8: March Capital's Sumant Mandal on Virtual Companies Becoming Ubiquitous

Lecture 9: Sierra Ventures Tim Guleri on Business Model Innovation

Lecture 10: What Do Seed Investors Want with John Frankel, ff Ventures

Lecture 11: Spotlight on PropTech with Zain Jaffer, Blue Field Capital

Lecture 12: Startup Trends Discussion with Angel Investor Steve Eskenazi

Lecture 13: Spotlight on Healthcare Investing with Julien Pham, Third Culture Capital

Lecture 14: Digital Health Seed with Julien Nguyen, IT Farm

Lecture 15: Seed Investing with Greg Sands, Founder at Costanoa Ventures

Lecture 16: B-to-B Investing with Mark Selcow of Costanoa Ventures

Lecture 17: Synthesis

Chapter 2: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Practice Exercise 1

Lecture 2: Practice Exercise 2

Lecture 3: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M

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