This Thanksgiving week, Series A startups can be thankful for your funding, but realize that the B Round is now the tougher round and the time to start preparing is now. This presentation by Jed Katz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedkatz), who is the managing director at Javelin Venture Partners (https://javelinvp.com) explains how to do that. Jed posits that your next round of financing is much closer than you think, which catches some Founders by surprise. To prepare, he gives tips on setting 12-month goals, making cash last, managing & leveraging your Board, creating separate roadmaps for Sales & Engineering, and using the right metrics. Note how creating a brand serves recruits and investors in addition to customers. We especially like his final "words of wisdom,” that, unlike the perfunctory summary in some presentations, are useful and action-oriented.
These are valuable tips from a VC pro who's seen everything. Check them out.
