How I raised $400,000 in two weeks, from 61 investors, through AngelList Lessons learned through the ups and downs of raising money through AngelList. A brief history:
I’ve been trying to get one of my startups featured on AngelList for a long time. I first tried in 2011 with a previous company and I got my first rejection:
“too early” is a common theme throughout this blog post.
I did circle back, but our metrics were never material enough to be featured.
At the time I lived in the same condo complex as AngelList’s headquarters. Their office view looked directly down on to a small piece of land that was only accessible from the unit I lived in.
Every day while I took my dog out for her daily routine I could see the AngelList team working hard and I was reminded daily that my company wasn’t good enough to be seen on AngelList… Even though they saw me everyday.
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