Inspiration to IPO: All about Incubators, Accelerators & Funding

Key points covered

We covered Pre-Seed, Seed, Pre-Series A, Series A, Series B, Series C onwards

We covered the stages of Application Process for an Accelerator & the stages of Equity dilution. We talked about the thumb rules of fund-raising, the processes, help, documentation & the Questions that get asked.

We talked about Y-Combinator, TechStars, 100X.VC, Antler, Sequoia Surge & VCats - their products, portfolio, offerings, programs & cohort structures etc.

My curated list of Incubators & Accelerators:

Incubators in India: https://www.indianweb2.com/p/complete-list-of-startup-incubators-in.html

We covered these topics tonight:

Startups ki Saanp Seedhi - The Genius of Brands and Story Telling - Sid Park June 2021

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Discussed much more than the mantras below, additional interesting bits include the Cognitive Biases and Pitfalls.

6 Mantras for Product Development

1. Don't make cheaper make it better

2. Start with a target market

3. Always be hands on

4. Be fast as possible with first product

5. Prioritize progress over process

6. Everything is a prototype

Product & the Team is all that matters.

For continued disruption with world-class products, its probably the team that matters more.

This section talks about the Key Takeaways from the Surrender experiment

These are lessons from the book Mindstorms

Beyond Order are the 12 Rules of Life

My Humorous take on my mind and the day-to-day life of a Middle-class person.

Its an old piece which I had presented at one of the forums.

Insightful .Action-packed. Fun.

From Monks to Monkeys & from Skunk to Skunkworks, all will enjoy this Snakess & Laddders🪜.

Come. Play. Grow !

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