Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Investor Meetings 01:31 - When you need to raise money 03:20 - Why they need to raise money? 06:21 - Types of investors 07:04 - Accelerators 08:59 - Friends and Family 11:02 - Angels 13:08 - Seed funds 14:20 - VC funds 16:22 - Crowdfunding websites 17:56 - Cold emails 22:50 - Meeting types 24:54 - Intro 26:34 - Follow-up 27:51 - Decision meeting 30:02 - Diligence 30:53 - Fancy dinner 32:12 - Things to remember 34:06 - Warning 38:04 - Q&A

@jbenhoor

Жыл бұрын

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@jbenhoor

Жыл бұрын

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@george_davituri

9 ай бұрын

A-Z great talk

Probably the clearest, simplest and most straightforward talk about "how to get fundings from investors" I've ever seen. Highly recommended.

For me this lecture worth more than a VC round.

The "Harassment " part of the lecture was fantastic, Thank you, Aaron. I personally believe self-esteem is way more important than money or any achievement.

@NewEra0G

3 жыл бұрын

This was incredible. Thank you

@brian8431

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this video really lifted me up because I am right at that part of my startup where I'm struggling to find investors and my self-esteem has been going way down, starting to think that I'm a failure sometimes but this video really made me realize how important it is to have that self-esteem because otherwise you end up just grounding yourself which is what I did I've gotten so grounded that I haven't even made any progress on my business model and over a month. But I think I'm back at it now. This video really helped, and if there are any investors out there that are looking to make an investment let me know and I would be more than happy to go over what it is I'm looking for and my business plan and the equity that I'm offering.

@octavian3287

Жыл бұрын

If you're whining about self esteem and 'muh feelings', you're not cut out for serious business. Investor money > 'harassment'. Soft people don't win.

This is a wonderfully concise and informative video. As someone who is about to enter this arena, it's comforting to have this available as a reference, and a YT channel that produces good work.

Excellent content. Help me prepare for my first meeting with investors.

Great talk, Aaron! A very fresh perspective. Thanks so much for sharing what you know. You're amazing!!!!!

Thank you Aaron Harris... this is a very practical, logical, strategic outlook to the subject. I think this is a masterly presentation.

I really like hearing that there are real people in this business. Thanks for the wonderful insight.

Clear, simple, to the point, no fancy jargon, management lingo & cliches ! Amazing talk !

Great Session Aaron Harris... I find this very Helpful... Very simple and straightforward.

Incredible insights that you can't find anywhere else. Thank you so much!

This is very useful & insightful, thanks for sharing Aaron & YC team! highly appreciate this

Thank you for this straight forward masterpiece ❤🥺

I really like this since it is something that I can expect. I really hate to deal with unexpected things. It's really stressful and time consuming. Very nice

Great talk. Thank You.

very useful tips, very realistic. most academicians are not explaining things with logic.

This is a great video. It's all practical advice that founders should pay attention to.

"Harassment " part of the lecture was fantastic , Thank you Aaron .i don't why but i think self-esteem is way more important than money or any achievement .

Very useful! Thank you.

Fantastic lecture!

This was so helpful man as someone that came from a different mentally and poor this has made all the difference when I hit that I know nothing and know no one who does. This video got me a meeting with an investor and direction.

Thank you for that insight!

greeting from Taiwan! Such an essential lesson for start-up!!

Best speaker in Y Combinator I have watched so far! I can literally see, how this guy has passed through tons of sh$t and came alongh through thousands of @$$holes to get this level of professionalism. I don't know this guy too much, but he is very good at what he is.

Excellent video! Thanks Aaron.

I started a vending machine business last year as a side job while I am employed to a corporate world. Now I rely more on my earnings in my vending machine business. Such a good idea to start one.

@JK360noscope

Жыл бұрын

Slave of Allah those vending machines

Great lecture!

Lovely and informative presentation. Thank you. Helpful as i am struggling to get funding for feasibilty studies or market research before investors can put their money!

This was great. I love the subtle humor to lighten the heavy hitter pointers! So awesome. Excited to get moving forward with my idea!

Great insights here. Thank you for posting this!

This guy is really giving so relevant advice I have listened to a lot of advice videos and this guy's make a lot of sense I am going to look for more content from this guy.

Very interesting and very helpful ! Thanks a lot for sharing this video on youtube

Very good advice. Thank you for sharing this information.

Thanks Aaron, really great advice given here

Aaron tells a great cautionary tale about interacting with investors.

Thanks Aaron Harris. A lot of great advice here.

Great advice for Business Entrepreneurs. Keep up the good work. Thank You, Natasha Samuel

Brilliant talk. Thank you.

Very nicely explained

Great video with so many great takeaways!

Great talk! Thank you very much.

"money to grow" simple and clear

Hey Aaron. Thanks for the lecture. Especially the part pertaining to writing cold to investors. Any tips on what makes for a compelling subject- line for a cold email.

This is awesome. Thank you Aaron

Well Framed. Thank you.

WOW....THANKS MAN... U DID GREAT...I LEARNT SO MUCH....

"If you can't sit through an hour of dinner with someone, you should think very carefully about whether or not you want to take their money." - Aaron Harris

Thank you for this!!

Great video. Super helpful

YC content is so good.

Very informative and at the same time; really entertaining :)

this is so cool..and very clear messages here. thanks

Thanks for enlighting

I had a gut feeling accelerators were dumb but it was great to hear it!

Awesome, thanks for the video.

Very apt and to the point!

Nice talk, includes many tips useful to me.

Great video Aaron thank you for for laying everything out so clearly. Really helped clarify how i should go about fundraising.

This is gold thank you

Very informative

That was very helpful!

quite insightful

This was incredible. Thank you

This is brilliant, thank you so much for one of the most helpful lecture!

These are good advices.

Good show Chap...I got some ideas of my own

Extremely helpful, thanks!

This is worth your time.

Such a great idea to know exactly what research business owners should do prior to raising funds and what the funds should best serve the start-up and how much. A lot of people just say "I need cash"... For what? Will it help you grow? Great job

Great Talk!

This was so great!! we need more!

Awesome vid!

One great point, the inheritance is coming your way anyway, which makes me think it's actually great to create wealth myself, so that I can leave the country richer! Great point man!

Wow! Thanks 😊

Thank You

Dude, your the realest🙏

Excellent

Thank you Aaron . I realize this video was posted 3 years ago, nonetheless, the content is still fresh, informative, relevant and I appreciate your straightforwardness. I had one question if you happen to review comments from old videos, as a entrepreneur with a specific product idea that hasn't yet reached a final prototype, do I need to be concerned about protecting valuable trade secrets, or methodologies. Especially, given the fact that I am talking with someone who has a lot of conversations with many other businesses any of which could see this as valuable information that they could fold into their plans. How often are investors denied specific details of intellectual property, or asked to sign an NDA? Any feedback would be appreciated, I'm all ears.

@derrickduplessy215

Жыл бұрын

No investor will sign an NDA. Execution is so hard the risk of copying is low. They being said, don't send any patented info to an investor. Focus on how the product works to solve a problem. If the explanation is good, you'll receive $.

Thumbs up Aaron. 👏👏👏 YC

Thanks 👍

Great presentation, I 💯 approve the part about some accelerators who have unfortunately no knowledge about startups. Make your research before signing or engaging with accelerator ;)

Underrated content!

Solid advice. Aaron has an uncanny resemblance to B. J. Novak, Ryan Howard from The Office!

Thanks!

Thanks ❤️

Pure gold..... Applying all the advices for our seed round... Let's see ho it works out.... Back in 6 months with the results......keep you posted....

@Ken-ul6ll

4 жыл бұрын

how'd it go?

@onlinelab7761

4 жыл бұрын

What is your update?.

@c.s1393

3 жыл бұрын

Update please

@ajaa3808

2 жыл бұрын

Updateeee!!!! I’m curious

@ManPursueExcellence

Жыл бұрын

How’d your seed round go, 3 years ago?

This is Gold

Thanks

An interesting observation from my side: Investors appreciate a good conversation, they first and foremost want to get to know the team. So don't spend 50 percent of the call rephrasing your pitch deck which is what a ton of startups do. Another big point is honesty: Most investors I've worked with would rather prefer it if you can clearly identify the pain points of your product and how you want to overcome them with his money (ie cost of user acquisition, influencer campaigns, A/B testing, UX testing), instead of being like "We are the best company in the world, we just need cash to show it" :)

@sales-made-easy

2 жыл бұрын

Very good points. totally agree.

Hi. Thank you for your advice. Very interesting video. I have a couple of questions. For example, a person has a plan, but this plan involves buying an existing company and working further, develop business. A person needs investments to buy this business. Do investor invest in the purchase of an existing business? Thanks.

Absolutely motivating! Thankyou so much. If anyone is interested in investing in homesteads and vertiports in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, then let me know :)

welcome to my team.

Richard Hendricks with a dash of confidence, lol , this is fire btw

@supervhvh

3 жыл бұрын

I can't hahah this is gold

How to evaluate what’s the total value of my startup and how to allocate the percentage to the crowd finders ?

great

Very nice brother, would love to see how to connect with you guys.

how much is a common share for angel? And how to reply them when they ask something like "why my share is not higher than (amount)%?"

in you re for example a german entrepreneur, is it possible to get american seed money? Or are these investors more likely to invest in US startups?

18:08 is going over email