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It Depends: Why the right fundraising strategy for your startup is never a straight answer.

This is going to be BIG.

Talk to ten founders and ten different VCs and you’ll get roughly about 600 different suggestions as to how you should go about your fundraising strategy. Too many founders just jump right into a pitch without even stopping to understand where a VCs questions are. Why does it seem like there’s an exception to every rule? What gives?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Advice for laid-off techies, fintech flops, how to build a growth team

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I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. Most of them were so open to receiving pitches, they said we could include their contact information. You gotta get social; you gotta get out in front of people and start building relationships.”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS burn multiples, 8 fintech VCs spill the tea, all my apes gone

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How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. In fact, the more a founder can push the questions back to the investor in a way that gives a better understanding of their business and investment strategy, the easier the rest of the conversation will be.”. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 7 VCs who are taking pitches, AI best practices, zero-based budgeting

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If you’re a recently laid-off worker considering striking out on your own , an H-1B employee who’s had it up to here or just looking for tips and advice that can help you connect with early-stage investors, please read and share. There’s plenty of tactical advice here, and much more to come.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. “So the TAM is massive.”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

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According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%.

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Need advice on navigating a tough startup market? Start here

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The piece looks at how changing priorities could force emerging fund managers to change strategy (or fragment their way to failure). Consumer fintech trading revenues don’t measure up to SaaS ARR (April 2022). By that we mean that some software companies were valued like SaaS businesses, even though they weren’t.

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