Dive into a comprehensive lecture on sales, marketing, and investor relations for startups. Learn how to build a sales funnel and reach your first $1 million from Clever's CEO Tyler Bosmeny. Explore the art of pitching to investors with Y Combinator Partner Michael Seibel. Watch a realistic investor meeting roleplay with YC Partners Dalton Caldwell and Qasar Younis. Gain insights into the sales reality, mission-driven approach, conference strategies, cold emailing techniques, and closing tactics. Master the 30-second and 2-minute pitch formats, discover how to set up investor meetings, and avoid common mistakes in the fundraising process. Access additional resources, including slides and readings, to enhance your startup knowledge and skills.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
The Reality
The Almighty Funnel
The Mission
Conferences
Cold Email
Religious Follow Up
Closing Traps: Redlines
Closing Traps: 1 More Feature
Closing Traps: Free Trials
Looking Forward
14 30 second pitch
24 2 minute pitch
414 How to Setup Investor Meetings
Avoid common mistakes
After the meeting
Taught by
Y Combinator: The Vault
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Reviews
5.0 rating, based on 2 Class Central reviews
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It was fantastic and I really learned a lot,
Thanks a lot for this lesson,
I learned how to talk to investors because, actually before that, I didn't know how to have a good pitch and how I attract an investor, This is great that I know how to talk and even how long should my pitch be, -
Swetha JaganathanGot much more insights on the pitching part and the interesting part was the traction and just loved the way it went
