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Partner at Foundation Capital, Sid Trivedi explains how he sees startups making B2B sales in the enterprise sectors. We also discussed hiring commission-only salesman and full time account executives. If you are an early stage startup in B2B field this episode is right for you.

Sid Trivedi's article on Cybersecurity being the next trillion dollar market: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cybersecurity-next-trillion-dollar-market-siddhant-sid-trivedi/

Sid Trivedi's article on Cybersecurity during pandemic: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stay-home-secure-productive-security-pandemic-sid-trivedi/

Foundation Capital: https://foundationcapital.com/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Record of the call: https://youtu.be/DGFI2OjjTl4

The CEO and Founder of Red Rock Capital and former JP Morgan Global Innovation & Digital Strategy, Mars Shah explains how M&A works now and how he personally sold RideKleen Inc, to Cox Automotive.

Mars' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mars-shah-5a353b14/

Acquired by Lyft within a year: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Kenan-Saleh/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/x7OOkuatycI 

Artem Mashkov, COO at SwagUp and Founder and President at Intelligent Ventures explains why founders shouldn't hunt for VC or angel funding and instead should try thinking more traditional and work on your credit line. We also discuss current situation and how founders can survive this pandemic. 

Artem's Twitter: https://twitter.com/artem_mashkov?lang=en

Artem's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemmashkov/

SwagUp: https://www.swagup.com/

Our YouTube record: https://youtu.be/1wC7Ty01CWE

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Steve Gera, Partner at Hickory VC explains what's going on in the sport-focused startup world right now and what he sees coming. This episode is for anyone in the sports field who thinks/currently works on creation their own startup.

Steve Gera's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegera/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Jesse Randall, Partner at Citrine Capital Partners explains who should take time to draw financial projections and at which stage one should do that. We also talk about what should go into those projections and how to get the first traction for those projections.

Sweater Ventures - become a venture capitalist: https://www.sweaterventures.com/

Acquired by Lyft in less than a year: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Kenan-Saleh/ 

Video of our interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u93aceqknN0

Deven Soni, the Co-Founder of Kingmakers explains how the acquisitions of small-cap business is going now, who can expect to get acquired and what are the major problems associated with it. He also gives a brief overview of the M&A field and gives his opinion on where the market will go.

Deven's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsoni/

Kingmakers/Acquira: https://acquira.com/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Brandon Maier, Founder at LVLup Ventures explains how he sees coronavirus unfolding for founders (hint: according to Brandon - not too well, the inflation is coming). We also talked about acceleration programs and where should early stage founders go now.

Fundbetter: https://www.fundbetter.io/

Brandon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandontmaier/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Kenan Saleh the Co-Founder and CEO at Halo Cars explains how his company got acquired by Lyft in less then a year after it was funded and how he approached this process. We also talk about the fundraising of Halo and how building a strong self-sufficient team can help you fundraise.

Kenan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenanhsaleh?lang=en

Halo Cars: https://halocars.co/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

Daniel Fetner, principal at Corigin Ventures in this episode explains what does it mean to have a founder-market fit, who can claim that they are the perfect founder for a company and what to do if you realise that you don't have a founder-market fit. We also talk about how founders can find the lead investor and what the term "lead investor" mean?

It means that the lead investor will lead your whole round - he/she will cut a first check for you, help you set terms for all other investors, introduce you to other investors and much more.

Daniel Fetner's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fetner-39097535/

Corigin Ventures: http://www.corigin.com/

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

In this episode Sarah Leners, Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners explains how to lead your first call with an investor and more importantly - how to get that first call with an investor. We also talked about the current situation in the world of startup fundraising.

Bull City Venture Partners: https://www.bcvp.com/

Sarah's email: [email protected]

For those who want to see ideas turning into fundable companies - Student Startup Battle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-startup-battle-tickets-105973058270?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch