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Set up an investor pipeline, qualify your list, map intro pathways, and run your raise.

An interview with Dax Hamman, co-founder of FOMO.ai, on raising entirely through SAFE notes, why getting fast rejections is a strategy, and the concept of building gravitational pull around your company.

An interview with Emmanuel Henry-Ajudua and Justin Goolcharan, co-founders of Medical Student AI, on building for a problem they live every day, turning investor rejections into a product roadmap, and why a $30K check from the right person was worth more than $10 million from the wrong one.

An interview with Nick Callegari, founder of Verustruct , on the realities of raising a pre-seed round: the slow start, the tactical pivots, and the single warm intro that changed everything.

Learn how to calculate your startup's market size using bottom-up, top-down, and value-theory methods. Understand TAM, SAM, SOM, and what VCs actually look for.