This guest post originally published on Medium is authored by Matthew Rubright, who leads Silicon Valley Bank's early stage practice in Washington. Working with founders from inception through the first few rounds of institutional venture capital, Rubright advises across a wide range of startup capital needs.
In my first year of working with early stage founders at SVB I quickly saw a pattern emerge. The same questions were asked time and again on the fundamentals — and nuances — of fundraising. And rightly so! Founders pursuing outside capital must learn and execute a fundraising strategy to keep the lights on.
Timely enough, I was (and still am) learning the finer points of fundraising alongside those founders, in part through diligently reading the blogs of leaders in the early stage tech scene. As I read all the content I could get my hands on I started filing away helpful blog posts, articles and data sets for later review. It’s a really simple study tactic but inventorying, categorizing and reviewing content is a quick way to drill it into long term memory.
After some additional sorting/organizing/polish, I started sharing with founders and the reaction has led me to believe this resource can be helpful beyond my network. I will continue to curate this board as I come across new content so keep checking back to see what’s been added. Better yet, if you have recommendations for bloggers to add, send them my way!
Check it out here:
The Art of Fundraising
*Note: This resource would not be possible without all the authors of the content included. Please take a look at the author section to link through to more of their work.
This guest post was written by Matthew Rubright, who leads Silicon Valley Bank's early stage practice in Washington and is a Mentor to the Seattle Founder Institute, and was originally published on Medium.
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