The Engineering Leadership Podcast
SPECIAL: Pre-seed fundraising, pitching investors & dealing with rejection w/ Aaron Erickson & Brian Guthrie #81
Apr 26, 2022
Aaron Erickson and Brian Guthrie, co-founders of Orgspace and former engineering leaders at big companies, share their experience and advice on pre-seed fundraising, pitching investors, dealing with rejection, finding a co-founder, and making the decision to leave their engineering leadership positions. They also discuss the challenges of building an organization, recommended books for startup leaders, maintaining relationships in the founder community, strategies for diffusing stress, and reflections on their journey.
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Quick takeaways
- The importance of networking and finding the right co-founder based on trust, complementary skills, and shared visions.
- Strategies for navigating the fundraising process, including resilience, leveraging networks, and demonstrating product value.
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Importance of Networking and Finding the Right Co-Founder
The podcast episode highlights the significance of networking and finding the right co-founder. The speakers discuss how their prior connections and collaborations led them to create their company, emphasizing the importance of trust, complementary skills, and shared visions. They share insights on the criteria they used during the co-founder selection process, including evaluating compatibility, emotional resilience, and commitment. The speakers also emphasize the value of having a deep technical background as co-founders and the advantages it brings to building a product.
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