Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit.
Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail.
It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely.
Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding.
Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates, misaligned go-to-market operations and ineffective sales and marketing strategies.
All while making you leave every episode with actionable insights and expert advice to help you navigate these common Startup hurdles and thrive in a competitive market, showing that it can be done differently.
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Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit.
Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail.
It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely.
Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding.
Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates, misaligned go-to-market operations and ineffective sales and marketing strategies.
All while making you leave every episode with actionable insights and expert advice to help you navigate these common Startup hurdles and thrive in a competitive market, showing that it can be done differently.
Running Your Own Race: Tom Lavery on going from bootstrapped to venture-backed
Making The Grade
37 minutes 15 seconds
1 month ago
Running Your Own Race: Tom Lavery on going from bootstrapped to venture-backed
In this episode, Tom Lavery, Founder & CEO of Jiminny, joins us to share how he bootstrapped for years before raising, why staying in control beats chasing hype, and how to layer AI into GTM without over-engineering your stack.
Making The Grade
Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit.
Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail.
It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely.
Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding.
Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates, misaligned go-to-market operations and ineffective sales and marketing strategies.
All while making you leave every episode with actionable insights and expert advice to help you navigate these common Startup hurdles and thrive in a competitive market, showing that it can be done differently.
