My fundraising coaching and execution will be moving from Skool. This community will be an entry point for founders to come and receive answers to their basic questions about starting a company that might become venture-backed. Stay tuned. If you want to stay in touch and your email is different from the one you list on Skool, please DM me and give me your preferred email address.

*Very* early landing page and site, guys. Please navigate over and sign up. It's free for now. 👉 https://joinlyra.com/ 👈

If you haven't started a Skool community yet, I'm going to cover the cost ($99) of your first month and provide a one-hour 1:1 consulting session on your current raise. I will be selecting one person each month to work with, starting in August, if their business appears compelling. NOTE: Because I'll be covering the $99 for your community's first month, I'm only accepting people who show major potential, and who plan to be on the platform for a long time. If you think that's you, and you want to build your community with me, do this: Comment "SKOOL" below 👇🏻 and: 1️⃣ Mention what you want to help people with in your community (both in your Skool community and how this relates to your IRL community) 2️⃣ Drop a link (or 2) to your social media so I can check out your content & audience size 👇🏻 I'll DM you details if I think you'd be a good fit!

Guys, I recorded a somewhat cringy video to say THANK YOU to you, my members. HERE it is. Be gentle. 😊

Guys, I have started a paid community that is part of my attempt to "fix" the fundraising process in the private and nonprofit sectors. The problem, I'm learning, is that the current reality requires people called fundraisers, brokers, "finders" (here in Texas). The fact that I've made my livelihood from doing what I do now for 30 years underscores a 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜. People like me are unnecessary middle men -- we are like career legislators -- and I think we can find a way to compress the funding process, create shareholder value more quickly, and even out the power imbalance between the person seeking money and the one looking to allocate. HERE is the page. It is by application-only, and if you are a founder of a venture-scale company, I'd encourage you to apply.