Welcome to the Thunder Founder Newsletter launch and issue #1!
You can expect us to share a new topic every week that is relevant to scaling your company and successfully fundraising!
As the mid-terms and holidays are quickly approaching, we felt the most appropriate topic for this first newsletter should be:
Mid-Terms, holidays how does this affect your fundraise?
Should you be fundraising during the holidays? With the midterms and holidays impacting VC attention, most pause their investment focus and turn their attention towards wrapping up the yearend numbers.
Not being able to raise during these times could have nothing to do with the viability of your company. You also don't want your company to look stale come January because of an investing slowdown based on uncontrollable events. So, should you be raising now? Or should you wait till January to launch your round?
That is a tough question we want to try and help you get insight on.
What the Experts Have to Say
Why the 2022 midterm elections matter and their effects on tech, taxes, healthcare, and more.
As a start-up founder, you may think the stock market ebbs and flows don't affect you, but they do. Many start-up investors look to the general market to determine the overall economic climate before making investment decisions. This article does an excellent job of explaining how the elections will affect the overall market and predictions on what could happen. Read more
Founders shouldn’t bet on a Q4 venture capital resurgence.
This article gives insight into investors' thoughts after the "summer slowdowns." Many unpredicted events happened over the summer concerned investors, and the Q4 "pickup" never happened. So what is left for Q4 as it is coming to a close? Read more
Data says there are only two seasons for fundraising and one secret window.
The summer slowdown is behind us, mid-terms are approaching the holidays are coming. When are you supposed to open your round for a raise? You need to fundraise for your company, but when is the best time to contact and meet with investors? This article explains the best time to launch your raise and find the "secret window" for success! Read more
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Written by Jason Kirby - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkirby
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