A book for people who Googled "how to raise money" at 3 AM and ended up here instead of therapy.
This is a draft of my learnings of the pre-seed stage funding at mindsdb
Read/Download the Book (HERE) - Free ofcourse
A survival guide disguised as a founders tutorial to fundraising.
If you've ever:
- Explained your startup to your mom and watched her soul leave her body
- Split equity 50/50 because "the vibes felt right"
- Called a pivot a "strategic evolution" with a straight face
- Mass emailed VCs like you were launching a desperate OnlyFans for term sheets
Welcome home.
make bookThat's it. Your PDF appears like a VC at a YC lunch: book.pdf
LaTeX. Install it however you install things. You're a founder; you'll figure it out or mass blame it on your co-founder.
Founders. Dreamers. People whose therapists have therapists.
Anyone who's ever looked at their bank account, then at their burn rate, and whispered: "Math is just, like, a vibe."
Hell yeah! just make PRs I will review them, or if you have more of a clue on writing than I do, I can make you a reviewer.
Special thanks to my early-stage investors and friends: Chon, Erik, JJ, Shankar, Patrik, Chetan, and Navin. To my partner Sofya Vas for her patience and support, Marco for inspiration, and my family, for always being there. To the team at MindsDB, and to all the friends who patiently listened to my nonstop rambling about fundraising being “a thing with rules.” A special thank you to George for teaching me the first rule of pre-seed and encouraging me to post it. A special thank you to Luis Silva for encouraging me to turn my notes into a PDF—and for enduring the pain of actually reading them. And finally, to my co-founder Adam, for joining me on the crazy ride of building a company together.
GPL-3.0 with attribution required.
Any modification or publication must credit JT, because his ego runs on recognition and instant ramen, and both are non-negotiable.
Now stop reading READMEs and go build something that'll make your future biographer uncomfortable.