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I’m bringing in a VC from SignalFire Ventures on May 14th We’ll have 5-10 members who are ready to pitch come pitch him live It’s going to be a super fun way to demo your product to a top VC fund If he loves you and your startup, never know, might lead to some capital :) Shark Tank meets Speed Dating! Please let me know if you’d like to apply to be one of the startups to pitch

I’m trying SO hard to make this an insanely valuable community for all seed stage founders. My goal is to bridge the insider knowledge of Silicon Valley to the ugly startups out there. Every single founder deserves a chance to raise capital, scale a business, and literally change their life and maybe if you exit for enough $$$ then you’ll even change your future generations lives. I’ve seen people do it from absolutely nothing. Esteban an immigrant with everything to prove met me, got introduced to his first angel investor by myself in 2016, and the rest is history. TRM Labs is now a billion dollar startup. I met him when he was just a kid at a cafe working alone. I know it’s possible that anyone can do it. My goal is to give you the best chance ever at getting into the Silicon Valley game. We scale fast, we break stuff, we build iconic companies, and we use VC funding strategically. Your job is to become the best entrepreneur ever by improving yourself every single day. It’s way easier to grow yourself as a person if you have friends by your side. So reach out to other people in this community.. YOU ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT!! 🛥️ And, reach out to other founders you love and bring them in here. Let’s make this community the online version of YC. Let’s make this thing sing. Let’s prove ugly startups become beautiful. ~Don Stein