9 Udemy Courses on How to Raise Pre-seed Startup Funding

The toughest round of funding an entrepreneur seeks to raise is pre-seed investment. It sports the lowest probability of success, the highest amount of ambiguity, is poorly defined, and is causing the greatest amount of confusion and road wreck out there.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Bradley Harrison, Founder and Managing Partner at Scout Ventures (Part 1)

Bradley Harrison, Founder, Managing Partner at Scout Ventures, discusses how military professionals are engaging in entrepreneurship with an ecosystem supporting them. Quite fascinating!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce you to our audience. Tell us a bit about your background as well as what you’re doing at Scout. 

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator (Part 1)

Geoff Ralston is President of Y Combinator. We had a terrific discussion on what we each are seeing in the startup ecosystem.

Sramana Mitra: Geoff has been involved with Y Combinator right from the beginning. Why don’t we take a look back on the evolution of Silicon Valley and Y Combinator.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Warren Weiss, Managing Partner at WestWave Capital (Part 1)

Warren Weiss is Managing Partner at WestWave Capital. We had a terrific discussion on small exits as seen by a seasoned investor.

Sramana Mitra: Warren is very well-known in the industry as “Bunny Weiss”. That’s his nickname. I’ve known him for a very long time. He was a General Partner at Foundation Capital for many years. Our families go back a long time. My husband and Bunny worked together under Steve Jobs. More recently, Bunny has started his own fund. He has also recently invested in one of the 1Mby1M companies.

544th Roundtable Recording with Hamiz Awan, Plutus21 Capital

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Roundtable Recap: August 26 – A Deep Dive into Blockchain Infrastructure

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Hamiz Awan, Founder and Partner at Plutus21 Capital, discussed BlockChain infrastructure and platforms.

xAQUA ODT

As for entrepreneur pitches, first up was Sanjib Nayak from Sacramento, CA, pitch xAQUA ODT, a data management venture that needs precise positioning.

Silk or Lace

Next, Suran Yoo from Dallas, Texas, pitched Silk or Lace, a hair piece marketplace that is already in revenue.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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541st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Bradley Harrison, Scout Ventures

Bradley Harrison, Founder, Managing Partner at Scout Ventures, discusses how military professionals are engaging in entrepreneurship and an eco-system supporting them. Quite fascinating!

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542nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Warren Weiss, WestWave Capital

Warren Weiss is Managing Partner at WestWave Capital. We had a terrific discussion on small exits as seen by a seasoned investor.

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541st Roundtable Recording with Bradley Harrison, Scout Ventures

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542nd Roundtable Recording with Warren Weiss, WestWave Capital

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Roundtable Recap: August 19 – A Discussion on Small Exits

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Warren Weiss, Managing Partner at WestWave Capital and former General Partner at Foundation Capital. We had a terrific discussion on small exits as seen by a seasoned investor.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital (Part 1)

Ben Narasin is Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, a new Seed fund.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself a little bit to our audience – both your personal background and the genesis of Tenacity.

Roundtable Recap: August 12 – Spotlight on Veteran Entrepreneurship

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Bradley Harrison, Founder, Managing Partner at Scout Ventures, for a terrific discussion on how military professionals are engaging in entrepreneurship and an eco-system supporting them. Quite fascinating!

atexto

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Esteban Gorupicz from Palo Alto, California, pitch atexto, an AI speech recognition technology for improving the accuracy of speech applications.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rajeev Singh-Morales, Founder and Managing Partner at Alma Mundi Ventures (Part 1)

Rajeev Singh-Morales, Founder and Managing Partner at Alma Mundi Ventures, discusses the Europe – US bridge for tech startups.

Sramana Mitra: Your name is so interesting. It seems like there is a whole story in your name and your firm’s name. Do you want to start with a little bit of background?

539th Roundtable Recording with Geoff Ralston, Y Combinator

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: