Fun Raising Questions
Below are the questions we'll be asking during the pod. These are considered to be rapid-fire questions. The goal should be to answer them in less than two minutes, with the sweet spot being between 30 seconds and 60 seconds.
During the recording you can choose to pass if you don't have a good answer to the question.
Tell the audience about your fund. Include these details:
Fund name
Your average check size
What stage(s) you invest in
What areas / industries do you invest in
Introduction / About You
1
Why did you choose to get in to VC? What were you doing before?
2
What's your favorite part about the job? What's your least favorite?
3
What's something you wish founders understood about being a VC?
4
What areas / industries are you personally most excited about right now? Why?
5
Why should founders pick your fund to be on their cap table?
Get in the Room
1
What should founders be looking for in the right investor during this process? Stage? Focus? Size? etc
2
What is the best way for founders to get their pitch in front of VCs. What's the WRONG way? What's the best way for you / your fund?
3
What are you looking for in those initial cold pitches / emails?
4
Which slide in the pitch deck do you gravitate towards first (aka the most important)? Which slide(s) do you not care as much about?
Crush the Initial Meeting
1
What are you looking for in that initial founder meeting? What do you need to hear / see to move to the next phases of the process?
2
What’s a green-flag founder trait that gets you excited to invest? What's a red-flag that sends you running?
3
What’s a question that founders should ask VCs during the fundraising process?
4
What's a common mistake you see founders make during this phase of the fundraising process?
Close the Round
1
What does the diligence process look like for your fund? What should founders expect from a typical VC diligence process?
2
Although a nice problem to have, at times founders will have to make hard decisions with the investors they allow in. How should founders think through these decisions?
3
What's a common mistake you see founders make during this phase of the process?
What Happens Next
1
The round is closed! How do you / your fund continue to support / work with your founders after the raise?
2
What's a common mistake you see early-stage founders make right after they raise?
3
What is a common reason that you see startups fail?
Wrapping Up
1
For the founders listening to this that want to get in touch with you, what's the best way for them to reach out.
