As a repeat founder, I believe it's crucial to avoid raising money too early; focus on achieving strong product-market fit before seeking investment.

I help startups with hard projects, often related to funding or M&A transactions, leveraging my network to bootstrap their growth. Founders often make the mistake of not focusing enough on finding investors who can add significant value to their company, prioritizing valuation and dilution instead.

I focus on investing in startups with large markets and relentless founders, as these factors are crucial for success. I admire solo founders who can persevere for a year or longer by themselves, as it's already hard enough to go through the startup journey alone.

We still engage in early-stage investing, but we cannot pursue all the seed investments we would like due to structural limitations.

I had no choice but to bootstrap my company for the first year. I focused on optimizing for a fast and efficient fundraising process because I was warned that a long fundraising process could kill a company.

We raised a later stage fund to support hard tech companies that need significant capital, as many investors are not willing to provide that.

I look for founders who are self-aware and confident, but who also take risks before raising their seed round.

Our approach to doing things unscalably continued even after raising the seed round, focusing on rapid growth and execution.

As a CEO, I constantly think about how to effectively grow and scale the company, and I want to share some advice on raising money for startups.