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In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Wesam Mikhail the co-founder and CTO of TradeDash explains how he manages to build and sell his companies so fast - for example TradeDash was acquired in 9 months after its inception by the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US! How to accelerate the acquisition process, how to find buyers, how to hire team members faster and much more in this episode!

Wesam's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wesammikhail

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In this episode, Kim Patel angel investor and scout at Female Funded Club (https://www.femalefoundedclub.com/) in this episode talks about the work of scouts, how founders should reach out to scouts and where should female founders start in their fundraising process. Touched onto many interesting topics, but should be extra interesting for all my female listeners!

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Dan Tamkin - Managing Director at Resurgent Capital Partners tells about the types of the Mergers & Acquisitions that are out there, how to prepare for an acquisition, what is the minimum size of the deal that you can expect and also how to accelerate the process of getting acquired.

Dan Tamkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantamkin/

Sam Nagar, founder and CEO at Pixeom acquired by Siemens in this episode of Fundraising Radio tells how his company acquired very first large customers, how he managed to grow the company with no VC or angel funding and how he retained largest part of the share of the company even after raising $15 million. This episode has tons of insights and a great CTA from Sam, but the major CTA from me personally is to message Sam! He can give you really good feedback on your project and here is his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samnagar/

Second CTA from me - invest in my through my HumanIPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy

John Kao, founder of EdgeMakers that was recently acquired by Coded Minds and who raised $16 million explains how he managed to raise his first round at the idea stage by giving the right pitch to the right person. If you want to get some inspiration - this episode is for you. Generally the content of Fundraising Radio is pretty dark (as several of my listeners complained) but this one is truly inspiring! 

John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnkao?lang=en

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In this episode of Fundraising Radio Matt Pru - Managing Partner at Stackmatix, tells about angel investing, the basics of marketing and gives wonderful recommendations on the books to read. If you want to make sure that your marketing is in order before starting raising money - check out this episode. Books recommended:

On negotiation: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-More-Negotiate-Succeed-Work/dp/0307716902

Building a startup very lean: BOOK

Zero to One on company building too: https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Adrian Druzgalski, co-founder and CTO at Radius Intelligence that raised $107.6 million and survived the 2008 financial crisis tells about the role of a CTO in the fundraising process of the startup, explains how he thinks founders should deal with the financial crisis and when is it the time to pivot your company.

Airtm: https://www.airtm.com/en/

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In this episode of Fundraising Radio Vivek Kumar, Director at Dolby Laboratories explains how startup founders should work on the technical side of the project - when to switch from contractors to full-time developers, how to outsource your development and who should consider doing this. And of course we talked about fundraising process and specifically angel investing. 

Dolby Laboratories: https://www.dolby.com/us/en/index.html

Invest in your host through an IPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Ravi Mehta, the ex-CPO at Tinder tells about his experience in working with Gen Z and about building dating apps, he also had experience working for Facebook focusing on acquiring startups that were working with Gen Z users and we touch onto M&A subject here as well. If you plan to work with Gen Z this episode is a must.

Ravi's site: https://www.ravi-mehta.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Ryan Morris President at Meson Capital, Executive Chairman at Software Motor Company and founder of Belichka tells about his experience in raising money for large and small companies. He explains how larger hard-tech companies secure funding and how is it different from consumer-focused startups. Tons of insights into the fundraising process on different levels.

Belichka bars (don't forget the code: keto2): https://belichka.com/

Fyre Festival movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4CBAY_wFvk