Welcome to another recap from our Growth Series webinars, a series of sessions where we go deep into topics that help drive startup growth. In this session, we invited back Matt Gore, the founder of the presentation agency OPTIO, where he discussed the key takeaways and rules for designing the six most important slides in […]
Pitch Decks That Actually Raise Money: An Extreme Makeover Guide Read More »
In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should You Care? It’s important for early stage startups to focus on finance from the very beginning. At the very earliest stages, startups are focused on
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In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be your secret weapon in the fundraising process when you use it as offense. It can be used as a tool to move investors over the
Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert Read More »
Have you ever thought of the average attention span per slide when an investor is going through your pitch deck? What kind of pitch deck are investors expecting? Our recent Mucker Growth webinar featuring Matt Gore, the founder of Optio, shares his expertise in assisting startups with pitch decks and securing substantial investments as well
How to Nail Your Pitch Deck (and Avoid Mistakes Founders Make) with Matt Gore Read More »
This post originally appeared in TechCrunch. Some entrepreneurs think that (more) money will solve all their company’s problems. It won’t. Like a teenager with a million-dollar allowance and an identity crisis, a startup with too much capital and no product-market fit will become capable of making larger mistakes. Biggie Smalls said it best: “Mo Money,
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by William Hsu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mucker VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart, but mostly because we simply don’t want to be assholes. So, we try as hard as we can to not simply say “no,” when we
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Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Recession or not, what is universal is the bewilderment
