[rmonroe]

This article raises some awesome points. As a founder who is going through a seed round right now, I'm working hard to optimize our own fundraising process. Aaron refers to a plethora of resources for effective fundraising, but it's often hard to identify experts from rabble.

Has anyone already curated a list of quality resources? I would be greatly appreciative!

[akharris]

There's good stuff on YC's Startup School Library: https://www.ycombinator.com/library?categories=Fundraising%2...

[rmonroe]

Cool, thanks Aaron. I feel like we've been carried on the backs of YC SUS videos for some time, but this startup library is far more organized than what I've seen before.

I echo your sentiment, by the way: thus far, fundraising on good terms is turning out to be far easier than we expected - is it possible that low interest rates from the fed are making it easier for investors to get money? If so, we may expect this trend to continue for a few years, as the fed has committed to keeping rates low for some time.

[mritchie712]

I felt this pain when looking for debt so I put together a curated list of non-dilutive capital providers [0].

Capital is abundant, but it's also pretty easy to dilute yourself into single digit ownership.

0 - https://www.trypaper.io/

[quesera]

I think your link has been truncated.

[mritchie712]

What happened when you clicked?

[quesera]

Sorry, my confusion!

I expected your link to take me to a page that contained a simple list.

I also assumed that trypaper.io was the domain for a note-taking app called Paper, and that you were intending to link to one of your pages on that service. :)

...

Please forgive me for leveraging my confusion, for which I take full responsiblity, into a critique of your page design, but in the hopes that something here might be constructive...

I would have been less confused if the page headline was static instead of rotating/frequently incomplete due to animation/"difficult" to read. Something like "Financing your SaaS" would seem to cover all cases, maybe with a rotating subtitle without the backspacing animation so that the full content of each entry could be read in a glance?

Also the background of white with a pattern of pale blue dots made me think "note paper/note-taking app". The domain name makes sense for this also, but it was the background that forced the idea to front of mind.

Again, I'm sure this is a me thing and not a you thing -- but if others exhibit similar confusion, that's my best guess as to the cause.

...Now I will read the content on the site. Thanks for humoring me.

[borski]

read all of Venture Hacks, seriously. Trust me, you won't be disappointed: https://venturehacks.com/archives

[edit] It's a bit dated, but the points and lessons are timeless. The 'norm' has changed (SAFEs are more common over convertible notes now, for example), but the rest is still accurate.

[rmonroe]

Awesome, going through it right now and learning a ton. Dated? Sure, but How To Win Friends And Influence People is still bang-on, and it was written almost a century ago. I really appreciate the recommendation!

[borski]

Yup, exactly. Some lessons are timeless.