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.
General Index’s CRO, Florence Broderick, joins us to share her transition from CMO to CRO, building revenue teams in 2025 and the metrics that actually matter…
In this episode, we’re joined by Sean Williams, Co-Founder & CEO of AutogenAI. We discuss how to build with an exit in mind, why you need to keep control while fundraising and why US expansion isn't as easy as some Founders might think.
In this episode,Ed Bartlett , Founder & CEO of Hicomply, unpacks how to successfully scale with a lean team and build a GTM engine that actually produces an intent-led pipeline.
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.
In this episode, we’re joined by Emeric Ernoult, Co-Founder & CEO of Agorapulse, one of Europe’s most successful bootstrapped SaaS Founders. We discuss when it's time to pivot, international expansion and how to bootstrap the whole way through.
Too many startups hire ahead of demand, invest in the wrong leaders, or scale sales without a clear ICP - all mistakes that can cost millions and kill momentum. We're joined by James Bagan, who has been on both sides of the scaling journey and unpacks what it really takes to build a GTM engine that lasts.
We're joined by Arctic Shores’ founder, Robert Newry, as we discuss his transition out of the CEO role, AI-proof hiring, and scaling purpose-driven startups that go the distance.
While VC news often dominates the headlines, more often than not, the VC route isn’t the best fit for a business.
So, what do you do if venture capital isn’t the right path for your start-up?
What does it really take to graduate from seed to exit in today’s start-up climate?
In our first episode of our Making the Grade Podcast, we’re joined by serial founder and currently CEO of ESG Book, Justin Fitzpatrick, to unpack the real story behind startup growth.
Welcome to our brand new podcast, Making The Grade. The podcast that explores what’s really driving the decline in graduation rates between funding rounds and how you can successfully scale a venture-backed software Startup, with realistic options to exit.
Listen to this Season Trailer, to get a preview of some of the great conversations you get to look forward to this season.
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.
