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Alex Scott

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web3, product mgt and ecommerce advisor. I help companies scale 🚀 book an intro call: bit.ly/3MeHCjE. Previously @uwaterloo, @LBS, @beondeck, @amazon, @ledger

2022 Fundraising trends

Today in @beondeck ODF14, we heard from Ryan O'Conor from @Carta about 2021/22 startup equity trends, co-founder splits data, and more insights from Carta's extensive data trove 📝 sharing my notes:

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Fireside chat with the founder & CEO of Mercury

Immad Akhund (@immad) CEO & Founder of Mercury was interviewed by @sam_kirschner from @beondeck. he talked about founding a $1.6b company, advice to founders, and angel investing 📝 sharing my notes:

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How to apply to YC

@ycombinator's @startupschool week 7 - the final week! YC Group Partner and head of admissions Dalton Caldwell @dalstonc talked about How and When to Apply to YC. 📝 sharing my notes:

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YC guide to raising your Seed Round

🟧 @ycombinator's @startupschool week 6: YC Group Partner @bradflora gave a talk on fundraising. 📝 sharing my notes:

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YC guide to raising a seed round

🟧 @ycombinator's @startups school week 6: YC Group Partner @bradflora gave a talk on fundraising. 📝 sharing my notes:

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Finding a co founder

🟧 @ycombinator's @startups school week 6: @catheryn_li and Divya Bhat talked about cofounders. They covered: how to decide whether to have a cofounder, how to find a cofounder, and how to work together 📝 sharing my notes:

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Lessons from a 3x YC founder

📓 week 5 of @ycombinator's @startupschool continues today was the last founder talk, from @yinyinwu of @Pulley 💥 She’s talked about what it’s really like to work on a startup, especially one that’s not going well 📝 sharing my notes:

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Avoiding tarpit ideas

📔 week 5 of @ycombinator's @startupschool kicked off today new format today: a live discussion between @mwseibel & @daltonc 🚧 Recognizing and Avoiding Tarpit Ideas 📝 sharing my notes:

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How to get your first customer

@ycombinator's Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer @gustaf just presented to 10k+ @startupschool attendees about the "most common question from founders": 🙋🏽 how do I get my first customers? it's part of @startupschool week 4 📝 sharing my notes:

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Surbhi Sarna on how she built and sold her medical devices business for $275M

@ycombinator Group Partner & head of bio and healthcare Surbhi Sarna is going to tell her own story of 🩺 How I built a medical device company nVision Medical) and sold it for $275M it’s an incredible story of perseverance 📝 sharing my notes:

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