Chicken or Egg or Fundraise




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Summary: We’re back with “Boo-strapped Web”. We’re behind the mic talking about stress, marketing, executing decisions, and guilt over new hire experiences. Lastly, we’re going over the latest news in startup financing, which could blow everything out of the water: rolling funds. [tweetthis]“Saas is an ongoing chicken or egg problem and it happens more in the product side and maybe even more so on the marketing side.” - Brian [/tweetthis] Here are today’s conversation points: New Hire ExperiencesNew employee Slack introductionsPoweredBySearch’s great online course/training for new hiresSaaS = Chicken or Egg ProblemMarketingZapierRolling fundsSahil Lavingia (Gumroad)Exemption 506-B, 506-B, and SolicitationFunding per quarterBetter access to capital, on better termsTransparency will be key [tweetthis]“Audience is now a new form of power, it’s investing power. So if you have an audience and you take a stance and people believe in what you believe in, you can just raise your hand and now you’re a VC, yourself. If a fund can raise money this way, why can’t a startup?” - Jordan [/tweetthis] Resources: SunriseKPI Productize Audience Ops ProcessKit   Carthook  As always, thanks for tuning in. Head here to leave a review on iTunes.