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title: Fundraising crashcourse for founders

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- How do a fundraise work mechanically?
    - Fundraise formats: SAFEs, priced rounds
    - The process of getting in touch with investors
    - Types of investors: funds, angels
    - Due diligence process with funds and investors
    - Picking investors to work with
        - How to due diligence and assess quality of investors?
        - What sort of help can you expect from investors?
    - Termsheets
        - What is a termsheet?
        - What do different terms mean?
        - What can you expect to come along with a standard termsheet?
        - What are different structurings routes that an investor may offer?
        - Walk through several termsheets as examples
    - Closing process
        - Round composition
        - Legal documents
    - Investor relationship management
        - What is the relationship dynamic you should be aware of?
        - How do you best leverage your investors?

- How should a founder ideally try to raise capital? (end to end process)
    - Relationship building with investors
    - Building awareness and brand
    - When should you be deciding on whether you should be raising capital or not?
    - What are generally good/bad reasons to raise capital?
    - How to put together a pitch deck and fundraise materials?
    - What are investors going to assess you under:
        - Team
        - Product
        - Technology risk
        - Execution risk
        - Market risk
        - Their internal thesis 
        - Business model
        - Commercial scale and viability
        - Defensibility
        - Community
        - Brand
    - Why do investors pass on investing in you?
    - How to handle rejections from investors?