How to Optimize Your Board Meetings

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Sally Kohn: The single most important thing for founders is to focus on the partner. She says get an excell, get it color coted and know where everybody is in your funnel at any one time. And don't judge yourself by your peers - just keepprever with it because somebody will say yes or no too soon. All right thanks so much for coming in you can find the transcript and video at y commodator dot com.

Amber Atherton is the founder and CEO of Zyper (YC W18).

Iba Masood is the cofounder and CEO of TARA (YC W15).

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

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00:00 - Intro

1:16 - Seed fundraising for Zyper and Tara

3:26 - Tara's pivot

4:31 - Series A fundraising for Zyper and Tara

18:11 - Evaluating investors

23:46 - Meeting with associates and partners

30:35 - Raising a Series A as a female founder

39:31 - Fundraising psychology

41:46 - What not to do when fundraising

45:01 - Talking to portfolio companies about investors

46:21 - What it's like to run a Series A stage company

1:00:41 - The most important piece of advice for fundraising