Pitching a VC in His Parked Lexus: Kalanick's 2001 Hustle Story
Kalanick describes intercepting a VC who was fleeing his own office to avoid their 2001 meeting, then pitching him from the passenger seat of the investor's parked Lexus during the dot-com winter.
Investor MeetingsCold OutreachSeedHow to Raise a Seed Round: One Complete Process
A step-by-step seed fundraising process from a pre-seed VC: build a tiered investor list, gather external feedback on materials, and run the raise as a structured pipeline rather than ad-hoc meetings.
Fundraising StrategyTarget ListPre-SeedThe Accidental Mistake of Asking for Too Much Money
Lemkin dissects a real cold email he received: an interesting startup near $2M ARR with no funding that killed its own chances by asking for an oversized round. He explains how ask size instantly reprices the deal in an investor's head.
Fundraising StrategyValuation & DilutionSeries A