We will take a look back at the last season and recap how you can build a globally scalable, investable business based on the Founder Institute Pre-Seed Accelerator flagship program.

This episode is about sharing the most viable funding options available to new startups and how you can allocate the proceeds from fundraising.

We will discuss the different types of investors and what they expect to see with respect to progress on team, product and traction. We’ll go over on how long it takes to raise the various funding types, how you can identify friendly investors to test your pitch on and how you will know when you are ready to fundraise.

In this episode, we will talk about growth such as how you can define success for your business, the various tactics for growing your business, and how you can set growth goals and growth milestones to make sure you're on track.

We will talk about what's an effective hiring process you can implement for a new business.

We will also cover how you can determine what roles you need at the beginning of a business, how do you determine if you need a co-founder, how do you decide what to outsource and how you can source top hiring candidates that you already know.

This episode is all about product development and how you can develop a product roadmap for your solution. We will discuss the techniques you can use to speak with your target customers to get feedback on your solution.

We will also cover what human resources you should have available to build a viable solution and how you can identify and engage with the human resources.

It’s important to prioritize your go-to market initiatives at the beginning of your business. We will discuss how you can evaluate different models for growing the business, the ways you can develop marketing messages that resonate with your target customers and the best techniques to test messaging and customer acquisition channels. 

Today’s show answers how much does the law actually matter to your business and the key legal concepts that a Founder needs to understand.

We will discuss the best practices in setting up a legal entity, how you can pick a law firm to work with, how you can identify and protect your intellectual property and how you can manage regulations.

Branding and design can help you develop a memorable brand, logo and name that will resonate with your target customers. We’ll go over the characteristics that make a good name and brand, the infrastructure you need when you pick your name, and the social media platforms you should be looking to get your name into.

We will discuss the ways your business can survive before generating revenues and how you can identify the most lucrative revenue source for your business that is also attractive to your target customers. 

We’ll also cover some common challenges in picking a revenue model and the ways you can test different revenue sources with your target customers.

Today’s show is all about helping you identify real customers and figure out whether they have a real problem that you can solve and what are the best tactics to identify target customers and encourage them to be interviewed for your market research.