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Get Backed

Launch the venture of your dreams

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Evan Baehr
@evanbaehr · cofounder, able
Evan Baehr here - one of the authors of Get Backed. We didn’t set out to write the book, but along the way of raising money for and building our companies, our friends kept asking us: ‘I’ve got an idea and want to raise money - how do I do it?’ When we tried to point them to a resource, we couldn’t find one. We couldn’t find anything that answered the rea… See more

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Evan Baehr
@evanbaehr · cofounder, able
Evan Baehr here - one of the authors of Get Backed. We didn’t set out to write the book, but along the way of raising money for and building our companies, our friends kept asking us: ‘I’ve got an idea and want to raise money - how do I do it?’ When we tried to point them to a resource, we couldn’t find one. We couldn’t find anything that answered the rea… See more
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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Get Backed isn’t just about startup fundraising. It’s a handbook for anyone who has an idea and needs to build relationships to get it off the ground. Over the last 3 years, entrepreneurs @evanloomis and @evanbaehr have raised over $50 million for their own ventures, including the second largest round on the fundraising platform AngelList. In Get Backed, t… See more
Tucker Max
@tuckermax · CEO, Book In A Box
FYI--I read an early version of the book and cannot recommend this enough. I was a very active angel investor, and I cannot tell you how much I wish this book was required reading for founders to pitch. If more founders did what they said, they'd do better at raising money. Question for the Evans: What mistake do you see founders make the most, and whats th… See more
Charlie Hoehn
@charliehoehn · Author
Hey Evan, big fan of the book :) What would you say to entrepreneurs who are considering the Minimum Viable Product route of building a prototype first, or getting X# of sales? When does it make sense to choose raising money over validating the product and getting market feedback? Or is it best to do a combination...?
Trevor Boehm
@trevor_boehm
I'm impressed by what the 15 ventures in this book we're willing to disclose (their actual pitch decks, how much they raised, from who, what mistakes they made). Super helpful and inspiring.