This week on the startup to scaleup journey:
- The generic advice trap: why free fundraising content is setting founders up to fail
Free fundraising advice has never been more abundant. Yet founders have never felt more like failures. That's not a paradox. It's cause and effect.
The avalanche of generic 'how to raise' content being published online has created an impossible expectation: that fundraising is an easily learnable skill with predictable outcomes.
Follow the steps, nail the pitch, close the round. So, when founders hit their thirtieth rejection, they don't blame the market. They blame themselves.
This week on the startup to scaleup journey:
- Why the founders who get funded in 2026 will be the ones you've already heard of
What if the most valuable thing you could do for your next fundraise isn't refining your pitch deck or optimising your metrics - but showing up consistently in your investors' feeds for the next six months?
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