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Gagan Biyani

Udemy and Maven co-founder who published detailed postmortems of his fundraising mistakes.

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200+ Nos and 12 Wasted Months: Udemy's Seed Mistakes

Gagan Biyani

Gagan Biyani walks through every mistake three first-time founders made raising Udemy's seed: 200+ rejections and 12 months of wasted fundraising before barely pulling through. Each mistake is framed as a lesson for new founders.

Objections & rejectionFundraising strategySeed

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Fundraising for First-Time Founders: A First-Principles Guide ($70M Raised from 1,500 Investors)

Gagan Biyani

A first-principles walkthrough of how early fundraising actually works, synthesized from Biyani's experience raising roughly $70M from about 1,500 investors across three companies. Covers how to think about investor incentives, sequencing, and running a process.

Fundraising strategyRaise readinessPre-seed

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