Just another day on LI for we female founders who struggle to get funded. 'I didn't understand my gender was a risk for them that I couldn't mitigate' - Allison Byers 😮 Male VCs/investors with the vision, foresight and contrarianism to realize that female founders are a massively…

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I never tweet anymore because this place turned into a dumpster fire (find my hot takes on LinkedIn), but it's left a void in my life because I don't know where to share certain things like this ridonculous Google fail. So many layers to unpeel here...

Today is the 11-year mark of Sandy Hook and still nothing has changed. We just released this video Mothers 4 Democracy with our partners called Thoughts & Prayers. We hope you follow us there and donate to the cause to help us get this on the air. #gunreform secure.actblue.com/donate/m4d-gun…

OMG, artificial intelligence has now surpassed Ivy League intelligence. Big moment for technology.

This oldie but goodie popped up in my feed, so I'm resharing since said investor was me. 🙂

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Co-founded by Rob Baldoni, dannce is developing a digital movement based biomarker to accelerate the development of neurological therapeutics.

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Our November newsletter went out today! It covers Scroobious' new hire Erica Kangas, a reflection on Banyan trees, and features member Abraham Lin, co-founder of Orbits Oncology. Read more here: e.customeriomail.com/deliveries/dgT…

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Asking for a founder: has anyone had an investor require a life insurance policy as part of a term sheet?

My mouse just stopped working trying to click end on a Zoom I was hosting and it felt akin to tripping over the trash can on my way out of the door of an in-person meeting.

Hey there founders. Remember, your pitch deck isn't a sales or marketing deck. You aren't trying to convince an investor to buy what you're selling or to be a customer.

You're telling them the story of an investment opportunity. Get the marketing snaz out of there.

Do you ask ChatGPT to please do things? Or do you omit the please?

Don't want to raise venture capital?

Contrary to the startup narrative -- you must raise venture money to be a real entrepreneur! -- there are other options.

Here are a few we see work for founders👇