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S5E18 - Sam Franklin, Co-Founder & CEO @ Otta

Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

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How to Rake a Series a Fundraise

Every round is very different. Sometimes you are better on some metrics and worse on others. I've always believed that you should kind of be ready for fundraising, but not be preparing for it years and before. And your job as a CEO is to build momentum and positivity. It can have a huge impact on the outcome of the round. Yeah, I can't emphasize enough how important building momentum and FOMO is in an investment round. You don't always be raising as my general stance, because I'm not actually sure it pays off.

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