xx Founders: What do you need most help with?

Hello xx founders!

This is something I didn't ask yesterday but the most important..

What do you need the most help with? What could make your startup's life so much better?

I ask here because you have an incredible pool of really really smart people around you. And I'm sure you can all each help each other in some way. And you have me, my team at Wefunder, the partners, all our 120,000 investors on our platform and everyone they know who may be able to help.

Please comment below what you need help with and let's make it happen! :yas:

(If you'd rather tell me separately, that works too.)

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Victoria Carson Backer

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:01:46 +0000

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Jordan Li Backer

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:24:14 +0000

Meeting the right investor/partner.

Finding a truly committed partner has been very hard for us. It is sometimes hard for a funding partner to really get involved in the project. As an advice, be very cautious, don’t accept the first offer you receive even if you need the money.

Tesia Thomas

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:04:00 +0000

Some investor who wouldn't mind funding a fully mech tech/low tech startup with DoD and almost 100 big corps cold contacting it about product (based on no paid marketing, they search and find us and fill out our contact form.)
I'm at my personal limits with bootstrapping my manufacturing startup and need a seed round to get me to the next level.

Ndyebo Zizi Backer

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:09:44 +0000

I have finished my profile at www.wefunder.com/dawnmusic
and now we are left with launching but that cannot be done until we have certification as a C Corp. I am wanting to ask if you can please assist me in the Certification of the business? this will really be great so we can finally launch.

Hope to hear from you!

Shriya Nevatia

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:14:04 +0000

Have you seen Stripe Atlas? They make it super easy to make an LLC or C Corp (I made an LLC) and they have a female founder promo where they waive the $500 initiation fee https://stripe.com/atlas -- check this for the link https://twitter.com/HelloAlice...

Courtney Sabo

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:15:01 +0000

- Positioning (top priority) – how to frame our company, content, and pitch deck. We feel stuck because we’re currently targeting interns but have a much larger vision, but we don’t know when/how to convey that

- Pitching - presentation skills

- Content/marketing - help with landing pages for specific audiences (employers vs. students vs. landlords)

Nick Tommarello Manager

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:21:21 +0000

We can talk about this on Thursday!

For now, some starter advice on a pitch: the first slide (and 15 or so seconds) should deal with the big vision. The goal is for the audience to “feel” the problem. In your case, since most investor-types have moved to a new city at least a few times in their life, and loneliness/lack of belonging is a sad and well known trend in society, it should resonate. If it resonates, they will hopefully pay attention... instead of their mind wandering on whether they walked the dog this morning.

The second slide and the rest of the pitch should deal with interns. The goal is to how to make this big vision seem achievable, because you are starting small. You already have this down. I’d personally position interns as the best starter market to prototype an amazing experience, paid for by employers. Then, once that experience is fucking awesome and interns are bragging about it to their friends, you have the option of moving into markets Z, Y, and X.

On the final slide, the impression I’d like to be left with: this is a possibly huge company with just as much potential as AirBNB... with a very smart strategy to start and grow by dominating interns first. As an investor, I’d think, “well, worse case, this turns into a small b2b business that gets acquired by someone…. Best case, I’m in the next AirBNB”.

Kate Swanson

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:52:42 +0000

- Setting up meetings with and pitching to potential launch partners - how to position the ask, how to position what we're doing

- Pitching / presentation skills

- Advice on pre-sale/Kickstarter product launch - would appreciate any insight into the process, whether my workback plan is realistic in terms of time/money

Jiwon Moon Partner

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:42:29 +0000

Kate, I think Jonathan can help a ton with marketing/positioning this Thursday. As for Kickstarter launch, I'll look at the Wefunder founder network to see who's done successful Kickstarter campaigns and get back to you :)

Ena Zheng Fridman

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:06:28 +0000

Here's what PyggyBank would love help on:

- Raise a seed round to accelerate and finalize our partnership with banking API providers and banks. They generally require a level of funding first. Intros to angels and seed investors.

- Negotiating the best terms with our banking and API partners. Intros to founders in the mobile banking space.

- lead gen for our early access program and help with our content and community outreach strategy