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How To Answer: What’s Your Valuation?

The question "What's your valuation?" is a frequently asked question during investor Q&A. Founders must exercise caution when responding to this tricky question. Experienced founders have a specific approach to framing their response. In this Dose, Partner Adam Dakin shares valuable insights on the correct approach to answering the valuation question when pitching to VCs - all in 5 minutes!

Perfecting Your Pitch (Playlist)

Get ready to craft your deck, crush your fundraise, and pitch VCs like a pro. Check out this list of our most common Dreamit Doses that founders need to watch before you raise your next round. This playlist presents clear and comprehensive advice across many key areas and friction points that will come up in the fundraising process. The playlist is ordered logically, starting with slides and strategic best practices, followed by tips for each part of your pitch, and finally post-pitch Q&A and diligence. Click here to view this series in playlist form.

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Top 5 Doses for Securetech Startups
Alana Hill
Top 5 Doses for Securetech Startups
Alana Hill

In our latest Securetech newsletter, we gave you a list of the top 5 doses of 2021, specifically for security startups. In case you missed it, here’s the list.

Alana Hill
Cold Emailing Investors and Prospects - How to Become an Email Ninja
Elliot Levy
Cold Emailing Investors and Prospects - How to Become an Email Ninja
Elliot Levy

Ever wonder why so many of your cold emails to investors and potential customers go unanswered? It’s no surprise, everyone’s inbox is overflowing and most people who get a cold email just ignore it. In this Dose, Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit Ventures, shares his pro tips on how to perfectly craft a cold email to investors and prospects.

Elliot Levy
Don’t Make These 5 BIG Mistakes When Answering VC/Customer Questions
Elliot Levy
Don’t Make These 5 BIG Mistakes When Answering VC/Customer Questions
Elliot Levy

Ready to answer VC questions like a pro? In this Dose, Mike Ravenscroft, Startup Success Manager at Dreamit Ventures, gives you 5 common mistakes to avoid in order to tighten up your answers to VC and customer questions. Get the art of answering investor and customer questions in a short 6-minute Dreamit Dose!

Elliot Levy
How to Create a Great Channel Strategy - Pro Tips from an Expert
Alana Hill
How to Create a Great Channel Strategy - Pro Tips from an Expert
Alana Hill

A channel sales strategy is crucial to scaling a startup. However, most startups fail to launch and execute a successful channel sales program. Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir, brought Evan Blair to the Dreamit Dose to share his experience leading global channel sales and partner programs at ZeroFox, Accuvant, and Ciphent over the past decade.

Alana Hill
The Secret Ingredient to the Perfect Pitch: How to Tell a Compelling Story
Alana Hill
The Secret Ingredient to the Perfect Pitch: How to Tell a Compelling Story
Alana Hill

We see so many startups struggle to raise a round. They think they’re doing everything correctly when they pitch, but there’s a subtle yet critical flaw -- they’re pitching, but not telling a compelling and believable “story.”

Alana Hill
Startup Board Meetings: How to STOP Wasting Your Board Members' Time
Alana Hill
Startup Board Meetings: How to STOP Wasting Your Board Members' Time
Alana Hill

Board meetings can be very powerful events where founders get valuable feedback, ideas, and strategic direction. Read for Dreamit Managing Partner, Steve Barsh’s 5 tips founders can use to get a lot more out of their board meetings and make them a product and positive experience for everyone involved.

Alana Hill
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