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Vladimir Klimontovich, Co-founder & CTO @ Jitsu (YC S20) talks about how it felt to be in the YC during the pandemic. He explained what major problems he saw in participating in the program fully remotely and also discussed the benefits of remote-YC. We also spoke about creating the momentum for fundraising and how YC still manages to do its main job even during the pandemic.

Vladimir's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klimontovich/

Jitsu: https://jitsu.com/

Pascal Unger, Managing Partner at Darling Ventures talks about raising money from non-US-based investors and who should try this strategy, we also spoke about raising money for funds and how funds approach their fundraising. Touched onto San Francisco being not the center of the startup universe anymore and much more.

Pascal's Twitter (super useful for founders) - https://twitter.com/PascalUnger

Darling Ventures: https://www.darlingventures.com/

Steve Morin, Head of Mobile Engineering at Asana talks about the importance of the mission statement of the company and its culture and how it affects hiring talented employees. We also talked about Steve's investment/mentorship thesis and his advice to early stage entrepreneurs trying to create their own companies.

Steve's newsletter: https://productivegrowth.substack.com/

Asana: https://asana.com

Steve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveMorin

Sandy Huang, Head of Product Growth at Alexa Mobile, talks about understanding your customers early on, running individual customer interviews, releasing surveys and doing the customer development in a lean way. We also spoke about how larger companies do that and when a founder needs to hire a professional to do the job.

Sandy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandycook/

How to run customer interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTkP2JDeGWM&ab_channel=Techstars

Dave Krauthamer, Founder and CEO at QuSecure, Founder at Quantum Thought, Founder at Neural Sales and Chair of Digital Disruption Group at the Band of Angels. In this episode he speaks about how the Band of Angels invests, what major metrics do they look at and how to get to them.  We also discussed how one can be a founder of multiple companies simultaneously and how does that work.

Dave's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/intelenx/

Band of Angels: https://www.bandangels.com/

Neural Sales: https://www.neuralsales.com/

Quantum Thought: https://www.quthought.com/

QuSecure: https://www.qusecure.com/

Peter Corbett, founder of iStrategyLabs talks about his journey through the startup world and shares his thoughts on fundraising for early stage startups.

Peter's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corbett3000/

ISL: https://isl.co/

Co-Founder and CEO at Cladwell that exited in 2019 and currently the founder of Jumpdocs.com (formerly named Boilerplate.legal) talks about his previous experiences in fundraising and selling his company. We also spoke about the major problems that startup founders are having and how to avoid those problems. 

Check out Jumpdocs.com (in episode referred to as Boilerplate.legal) - https://www.jumpdocs.com/

Blake's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakeallsmith/

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Pascal Levy-Garboua, currently the Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures, talks about his previous experiences with both - fundraising and building companies in general. We also talked about what Long Journey Ventures likes to invest in and those who are good fit can ping Pascal and LJV using links below.

Pascal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/2pasc

Long Journey Ventures' Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongJourneyVC

Drew Moffitt, Exited Founder turned Corporate Venture Builder, Mentor at Techstars and a Fledgling Angel, talks about how he raised his seed round for Tailbus and how that company got to an acquisition. We've also talked about how a startup founder can raise a series A round instead of the acquisition. 

Drew's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewpmoffitt/

Venture Sails: www.venturesails.co

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Zach Cohen, currently the Director of Business Development at Vista Investments and previously the President at Cohen and Sons Apparel that was acquired in 2018. In this episode he speaks about his fundraising experience and specifically about raising money through KickStarter - how did it work for him and who he believes should pursue that path. 

Zach's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachtcohen/

Vista Investments: http://vistainvestments.com/

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