How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Paul Wiltshire of Songtradr.com, a music licensing platform that helps artists and songwriters license and monetize their content. In this episode, Paul talks about how the music industry works, why he decided to raise only what the Company needed to hit increm...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Justin Mast of Bloomscape.com, an online marketplace for fully grown and potted indoor plants. In this episode, Justin talks about his family's 5 generations in the garden supply business and how he evolved it into an online company, how he bridged the gap betw...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ameeth Sankaran of Religion of Sports (www.religionofsports.com) a sports media platform that produces content to explore greatness and human potential. The site features top athletes like Tom Brady ("Tom vs. Time") and Michael Strahan. In this episode, Ameeth...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Mustard (www.teammstrd.com) an AI sports coaching application that helps athletes improve their baseball pitching technique using machine learning. The platform is based on data from legendary pitching coach Tom House among others. In this episode, Rocky talks...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Joseph Woodbury of Neigbor.com which makes an online peer-to-peer self-storage community that connects people with unused storage space. In this episode, Joseph talks about how he used business plan competitions to get exposure to VCs, how he got Jeff Jordan (e...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Hall Martin of TEN Capital, a "fundraising as a service" platform that helps connect startups with investors (https://tencapital.group/). In this episode, Hall talks about the origin of TEN, how investor relations campaigns are a proxy for sales, how many touch...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Christina Dorr Drake, CEO of Willa's Kitchen (www.willaskitchen.com), makers of organic, non-GMO oat milk. In this episode, Christina talks about how she pivoted the company when her main clients -- coffee shops -- were shut down due to COVID19, how she continu...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Chris Molaro of NeuroFlow.com, an online platform that optimizes mental wellness and performance. In this episode, Chris talks about the connection between mental and physical health, the time he did a risky live on-stage of his product at SXSW, how he used his...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Rogier of MasterClass, an online lesson platform where viewers can learn from experts like Steph Curry, Simone Biles, Serena Williams, Natalie Portman, Martin Scorsese, Gordon Ramsay and many others. In this episode, David talks about how the idea for Mas...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Alexey Mitko, CFO of Eucalyptus.vc, an Australian-based startup studio launching a series of digital consumer companies such as Pilot (men's telehealth) and Kin (women's fertility teleheatlh). In this episode, Alexey talks about the strategy of using a common d...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Mark Switaj CEO of RoundTrip, a digital healthcare transportation marketplace and all-in-one ride ordering solution. In this episode, Mark talks about what COVID19 has done to healthcare businesses (and raising capital during C19), tips for preserving capital t...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jannick Malling, CEO of Public.com a social and fractional share investing app that unlocks greater access to the stock market for a broader audience of investors. In this episode, Jannick talks about the evolution of stock market investing apps, the growth of...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Gautam Tanbay, CEO of Springboard.com an educational software platform and online courses that help customers level up and make career transitions. In this episode, Gautam talks about how fundraising is not about convincing investors, but rather "a search for b...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matt Pohlson of Omaze.com, an online fundraising platform that offers once-in-a-lifetime experiences and prizes to support charities around the world. In this episode, Matt talks about his business which has run non-profit fundraising campaigns with celebrities...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Marcus Cobb of Jammber.com, a platform that helps musicians and songwriters manage their royalties and split revenues. In this episode, Marcus talks about how the revenue pie is divided in the music industry, how a hackathon led to the Company's new business mo...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Derek Andersen, founder of Startup Grind (www.startupgrind.com) and now Bevy (www.bevy.com), a platform to host virtual online events and build a community. In this episode, Derek talks about the ROI of building a community and the benefits of word-of-mouth mar...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Cristina Rogers of Men's Gold Box (www.mgbxx.com), an Austin-based subscription clothing service for XXL men. In this episode, Cristina talks about pitching former Patriots wide receiver Rob Gronkowski, paying contractors with equity, what it's like raising mon...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jonny Price of Wefunder.com, an equity crowdfunding platform. In this episode, we go deep into the different types of crowdfunding including Reg D, Reg CF, and Reg A+, crowdfunding vs. raising capital from angels or venture capitalists, the downsides to crowdfu...

"How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with entrepreneurs and VCs who have raised capital. This episode is with Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital (https://backstagecapital.com) a venture capital fund that invests in under-represented entrepreneurs including women, People of Color, and LGBTQ founders. In this episode, Arlan talks about her journey from being homeless to raising over $10 million...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with George Arison of Shift Cars (Shift.com), an online car shopping platform that brings the car to your door for test drives. In this episode, George talks about how fundraising is a process of "VC thesis matching," how he raised the seed round by going back to pr...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with entrepreneurs and VCs who have raised capital. This episode is with Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (www.unshackled.vc) a San Francisco based venture capital fund that invests in early stage startups led by immigrant founders. In this episode, Nitin talks about why investing in "immigrant founders" is an opportunity,...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with entrepreneurs and VCs who have raised capital. This episode is with Elizabeth Yin who runs Hustle Fund (www.hustlefund.vc)a San Francisco based venture capital fund that invests in seed and pre-seed startups. In this episode, Elizabeth talks about the opportunity for pre-seed investing, how she assesses startups at the ear...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Christine Outram of Everydae.com, an online digital tutoring platform. In this episode, Christine talks about how and why the company decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign, how she leverages social media, blog guest spots, and email drips to drive backers,...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with entrepreneurs and VCs who have raised capital. This episode is with Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures (www.precursorvc.com) a San Francisco based venture capital fund that invests in seed and pre-seed startups. In this episode, Charles talks about how many investor pitches it takes to raise a first-time fund, what LPs e...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Scott Kitun of Technori, an online startup network and media hub based in Chicago. See www.technori.com for more details. In this episode, Scott talks about how he met one of his investors by having him on his podcast, the importance of managing your cap table,...