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StartupsAlways leave the meeting knowing the next step
The essay treats raising money as a process you have to push along, not a single pitch. It tells founders to know where each investor conversation stands and what the investor still needs in order to decide.
“Never leave a meeting with an investor without asking what happens next.”— Paul Graham, How to Raise Money, Sep 2013
Do this
Write down today, for every funder conversation you have open, the one thing they still need before deciding, and you ask for the next step in your very next message.