Most entrepreneurs struggle while fundraising as it’s an extremely competitive process. Here’s what to do when you find yourself in a tough position raising money.

Today, we’re talking about pricing, specifically entrepreneurs tend to price their product at $500, $700 or $900/month. If you’re charging $500 or more a month, you might as well charge $1k.

Today we’re talking about whether or not to fundraise. Just because you can fundraise, doesn’t mean you should.

Today, we’re talking about distribution partnerships. In almost every case, partnerships don’t work for startups. They just waste a lot of time.

Today, we’re talking about user reactivation tactics.

Today, we’re talking about comparing your fundraising round to other startups. This is a dangerous game.

Today, we’re talking about announcing funding to raise more money.

Today we’re talking about basic etiquette on work calls. I know we’ve all been locked down for a year now but that’s no excuse to start saying whatever you please in professional settings.

Today, we’re talking about time vs manpower and in my opinion: Time is more important than manpower.

Today, we’re talking about what to do if your bridge round fills up quickly. I usually advise founders to take 5 or so VC meetings that fit your stage, because if you’re seeing strong demand for a bridge round, which is usually hard to fill, well then you might actually be ready for a full raise.

After closing your seed round, you’re likely going to be faced with a new challenge: board meetings. It’s easy to think of board meetings as a judging panel for your quarterly performance, but this mindset only leads to worry for founders.

Today, we’re talking about Adding to your company roadmap. My advice is not to think about additions to the roadmap but instead focus on reprioritizing it.

Today, we’re talking about making your own conference. The pandemic has shut down most conferences and thus a large sales channel for lots of startups. If you can’t find a good virtual conference to attend for lead generation — now is the time to make your own. It’s a lot easier than it might sound.

Today we’re talking about timing when fundraising from VCs. When a larger VC ($2m+ checks) — when they get interested it’s usually very obvious based on their behavior. They will want to talk a lot, in a short space of time, and introduce you to their team.

Today, we’re talking about CEOs doing their various jobs consecutively and not trying to do them all at once.

Today, we’re talking about Founder behavior with investors. I know there are many real life stories of founders doing absurd things induring investor meetings that ultimately resulted in great outcomes.

Today, we’re talking about your inbox and fundraising leads. Don’t let your inbound leads govern your entire fundraising process.

Today, we’re talking about short term sales contracts. They are bad news for your company but potential customers will often ask for a short term contract on the premise that there’s a bigger, juicier, long term contract coming very soon.