The raise does not end at the wire. Investor updates keep your current backers engaged and your next round warm. Here is how the best founders write them.
53 min
Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson in a long-form TWiST conversation on how USV picks investments, his views on founder-investor relationships, and stories from Twitter/Tumblr-era deals.
1h 7m
Mark Suster returns to TWiST on the ANGEL podcast: alignment between founders and investors, setting reality with your board, and raising in down markets.
24 min
Kruze Consulting's Scott Orn on writing investor updates that work: cadence, structure, the ask section, and how updates set up the next round.
1 min
Mark Suster's 'Always Be Raising' doctrine in brief: relationship-building between rounds so the round itself is a formality.
18 min
Web Summit session on managing the investor-founder relationship after the round: boards, conflict, and keeping investors useful.