STORIES FROM A CHEEKY CAPITAL RAISE, PART TWO: "A LOVE LETTER TO ENTREPRENEURS"

BODY PARTS AND STUFF

• It’s 2022 and it turns out our heads are still connected to our bodies. Without one, the other doesn’t have a chance. (So take care of both;)
• The entrepreneurial journey is not for the faint of heart // The original definition of “courage” is "to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart."
• Get your head right- negotiating from a place of scarcity will not get you abundance
• We’re in an epidemic of self-sufficiency, particularly in the entrepreneurial world where people feel they have to go it alone and suffer in silence
• Shame grows in silence (as does panic, despair, etc.) "Shame unravels connection- the less you talk about it the more you have it"*- Brene Brown

ON SUCCESS VS FAILURE

• “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• "Startups don't die when they run out of cash, they die when the founders run out of energy"- Naval Ravikant
• "If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything creative” - Sir Ken Robinson
• "The harder you work, the luckier you get"- Thomas Jefferson

ON LIVING (AND CONNECTING, AND PITCHING WITH AUTHENTICITY)

• "Great leaders start with why"- Simon Sinek (the "why" of doing what you do what you do is often more important that what you're doing)
• “In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen….really seen"**- Brene Brown
• Raising a round isn’t “asking for money,” it’s offering an exclusive opportunity
• Investor relationships are lifelong relationships, vet them accordingly
• Do you want to bring in people who barely believe, or advocates who can’t contain their excitement? You get to choose.

WHAT'S THE POINT?

• Humans exist on this earth for connection* (see above note on shame unraveling connection)
• Asking for help is a show of strength and a demonstration of power **(see above note on allowing yourself to be seen)
• Your hero’s journey awaits, it’s up to you to heed the call?
• “Now, more than ever we have the freedom to care- the freedom to connect, the freedom to choose, the freedom to initiate, the freedom to do what matters. If we choose.” - Seth Godin
• “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver?

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Until next time,

:)

April