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32 signals VCs use to eliminate founders
32 signals VCs use to eliminate founders

Signals are small hints used by investors to make a quick decision about your company. This post lists down all 32 signals used by VCs and investors to quickly eliminate founders.

By Stéphane Nasser| September 14, 2026
How to Build an Investor Pipeline for Startup Fundraising
How to Build an Investor Pipeline for Startup Fundraising

Set up an investor pipeline, qualify your list, map intro pathways, and run your raise.

By Stéphane Nasser| August 18, 2026
How to Protect Your Pitch Deck from Bad Investors
How to Protect Your Pitch Deck from Bad Investors

Learn the best practices for protecting your pitch deck and startup from investors with bad intentions.

By Stéphane Nasser| August 2, 2026
How to Calculate the Market Size of Your Startup
How to Calculate the Market Size of Your Startup

Learn how to calculate your startup's market size using bottom-up, top-down, and value-theory methods. Understand TAM, SAM, SOM, and what VCs actually look for.

By Stéphane Nasser| July 4, 2026
The best startup pitch deck ever built
The best startup pitch deck ever built

What does the perfect pitch deck look like? Well, we built it. We took the absolute best slides, we put the together, and we created a deck that no investor could pass - ever.

By Stéphane Nasser| July 1, 2026
Investor Outreach Strategy: The 2026 Playbook
Investor Outreach Strategy: The 2026 Playbook

In this article, I want to walk through how investor outreach actually fits inside a fundraising strategy. When cold outreach works, when it doesn't, and how to build a process that maximizes your odds of landing investor meetings.

By Stéphane Nasser| June 22, 2026
How VCs make money: dirty edition
How VCs make money: dirty edition

Many founders ignore how VCs make money. In my opinion, that's a mistake. Today, we're fixing this situation! In this post, you will learn how VC firms actually make money - including some of their dirty tricks - and what it means for you as a founder.

By Stéphane Nasser| June 1, 2026
How to get warm intros to VCs
How to get warm intros to VCs

Warm intros are the cornerstone of today's fundraising, for better and for worse. So how do you get one intro? Or even 100? This post will tell you everything you need about warm intros to VCs.

By Stéphane Nasser| May 11, 2026
59 VC horror stories compiled
59 VC horror stories compiled

We went through 500+ VC horror stories and compiled the best ones for your masochistic pleasure.

By Stéphane Nasser| May 8, 2026