[SaaS Club] How not to raise capital for your SaaS startup

Going out to raise money for your startup can be overwhelming, especially if it's the first time that you're doing it. As a founder, you have a business to run and if you're not careful, fundraising can easily consume all your time.
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Hey, this is Omer...

Here's a quick round up of what's been going on:

🎧 Podcast
We just published the latest episode of The SaaS Podcast:

305: How Not to Raise Capital for Your SaaS Startup

Brian Parks is the founder and managing partner of Bigfoot Capital, a company that specializes in lending growth capital to B2B software companies.

Going out to raise money for your startup can be overwhelming, especially if it's the first time that you're doing it. As a founder, you have a business to run and if you're not careful, fundraising can easily consume all your time.

Brian has an interesting background. He was an investment banker for several years. He's raised money as a startup founder himself. And now he's investing in early-stage SaaS companies and recently raised $30M for Big Foot Capital.

So he has a unique perspective on fundraising and I thought it would be helpful to have him share his insights on how founders of SaaS companies that are looking to raise money, can increase their chances of success.

In this episode, we're going to talk about 5 mistakes that startup founders make when it comes to fundraising, how you can avoid making those same mistakes, and we'll share some actionable steps to help you raise capital with more confidence.

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📕 Book of the Week
This week's recommendations are "Grant" by Ron Chernow and "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.


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