Check Size Doesn't Matter (Audio Edition)

Welcome to the third week of the brand new Texts with Founders Podcast.

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The goal of this podcast is simple: make the knowledge being shared on Texts With Founders even more accessible to a wider audience of founders by creating high quality audiobook-like editions of popular posts.

Episode Notes

• Angels mentioned:

  • Ashley Mayer

  • Packy McCormick

  • Sander Daniels

  • Patrick McKenzie (and his tweetstorms about RUVs)

• Founders mentioned

  • Ryan Delk of Primer

The chart below from a startup called Freshpaint says it all: an angel that wrote a $5k check into the company. That angel then kicked off a chain of investor introductions that accounted for $700k. That's over 40% of the round. All because of a $5k check!

Full Written Post:

Texts with Founders: Check Size Doesn't Matter

Podcast Archive:

• VCs that Ghost

• Handling Investor Inbound

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