Invisible Ink
Tired of startup fluff? Invisible Ink cuts through the hype, bringing you power-packed conversations with investors and founders who've built the companies you admire. Forget theory and buzzwords. This podcast is your all-access pass to the real strategies, the tough decisions, and the often unseen struggles that shape successful startups. Each episode zooms in on the specifics of what it takes to get funded, demystifying the process and giving you actionable insights you can apply today. Join us as we unpack the gritty details the hype machine misses, revealing the truth about what investors look for, the mistakes to avoid, and the actionable steps you can take to make your startup unstoppable. Invisible Ink is more than just a podcast – it's your personal mentor in the world of funding. Tune in, level up, and turn your startup dream into a funded reality. Subscribe now! Find show notes and more at https://achiiv.co/category/podcast/
Episodes
October 27, 2024 • 81 mins
Welcome to the Best of Season 6! In this special episode, we've put together the very best clips from all of our incredible guests for your listening pleasure. Check out the time stamps below to find your favorite clips or do yourself a favor and listen to the whole roll!
00:00:00 - Welcome & Introduction
00:00:09 - Gender Bias in Negotiation Techniques | Angela Lee
00:00:32 - Handling Perceptions of Aggressiveness | Angela Lee
00:...
00:00:00 - Welcome & Introduction
00:00:09 - Gender Bias in Negotiation Techniques | Angela Lee
00:00:32 - Handling Perceptions of Aggressiveness | Angela Lee
00:...
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October 13, 2024 • 72 mins
In this episode, Madhu Singh, a seasoned legal expert, shares her insights on the importance of preparing for an exit when building a startup. Tune in to find out why founders need to prioritize legal structure, the ins and outs of devising a smart equity compensation structure, how to ace due diligence to avoid common pitfalls, and much more.
Highlights include:
Highlights include:
- Why entity structure matters, and what to do if you didn't form a ...
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September 29, 2024 • 55 mins
Our guest for today is Lynda Weinman. Lynda is a pioneering entrepreneur, educator, and co-founder of lynda.com, a trailblazing online learning platform. Lynda launched her namesake platform in 1995 with her husband, Bruce.
Her leadership and vision led lynda.com to tremendous growth for years before raising its first venture capital funding in 2013. In 2015, she sold the platform to LinkedIn for $1.5 billion for cash and stock, mar...
Her leadership and vision led lynda.com to tremendous growth for years before raising its first venture capital funding in 2013. In 2015, she sold the platform to LinkedIn for $1.5 billion for cash and stock, mar...
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September 15, 2024 • 72 mins
In this episode, Marcia Dawood, angel investor, Chair Emerita of the Angel Capital Association, and author of the recent bestselling book, "Do Good While Doing Well", discusses her journey into the world of angel investing and the critical lessons she’s learned along the way.
Tune in to listen to her accessible and friendly perspectives on:
Tune in to listen to her accessible and friendly perspectives on:
- How to tell if your business is scalable
- How to develop a credible market size estimate th...
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September 1, 2024 • 75 mins
In this insightful episode, Dr. Charu Ramchandran, a pioneering entrepreneur in the life sciences sector, shares her journey from a PhD student to a successful startup founder. Starting with the creation of CardioInsight, a company that developed a groundbreaking noninvasive cardiac diagnostic tool, she recounts the challenges of transitioning from researcher to entrepreneur, including the struggle to secure funding and navigate co...
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August 18, 2024 • 82 mins
Kerry Rupp is a General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in women-led businesses that improve human and/or environmental health. She is a board director for True Wealth Ventures’ portfolio companies Flourish, Partum Health, reHarvest Provisions, Rosy, and VidaFuel and a board observer for BrainCheck and Atlantic Sea Farms.
Tune in to this insightfgul, value-packed conversation to get Ke...
Tune in to this insightfgul, value-packed conversation to get Ke...
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August 4, 2024 • 64 mins
In this episode, Elaine Bolle, an accomplished entrepreneur, corporate leader, and angel investor, shares key insights into achieving early-stage success for founders.
Tune in to listen to her takes on curiosity and innovative problem-solving, how to select the right angel groups, the differences between angel investors and venture capitalists, strategic fundraising, and much more.
Women founders - look no further for practical guida...
Tune in to listen to her takes on curiosity and innovative problem-solving, how to select the right angel groups, the differences between angel investors and venture capitalists, strategic fundraising, and much more.
Women founders - look no further for practical guida...
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July 21, 2024 • 57 mins
In this riveting episode, Vinita Gupta, the first Indian American woman to start a company and take it public in the United States, shares hard-won lessons from her entrepreneurial journey. From the motivation to start her tech company to the challenges of running and exiting it, she provides a candid look at the highs and lows of her career. She discusses the importance of purpose, the role of learning, and the value of integrity ...
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July 7, 2024 • 63 mins
In this riveting episode, Jen Baird, a seasoned entrepreneur with seven startups under her belt, shares hard-won lessons from her 20-year journey.
From evaluating ideas to crafting a compelling pitch, Jen breaks down the essence of what investors look for and the common pitfalls that derail founders. She reveals the surprising truth about how much time fundraising really takes and the critical importance of financial acumen.
Jen also...
From evaluating ideas to crafting a compelling pitch, Jen breaks down the essence of what investors look for and the common pitfalls that derail founders. She reveals the surprising truth about how much time fundraising really takes and the critical importance of financial acumen.
Jen also...
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June 23, 2024 • 78 mins
In this thought-provoking episode, Gwen Edwards, angel investor, and Managing Director at Golden Seeds, and an accomplished innovator and entrepreneur herself, address the critical issues founders struggles with and provides crystal-clear, actiomable and encouraging advice including:
- selecting the right idea for your startup
- market validation
- getting your business model right
- preparing for investor scrutiny
- the strategic approach to...
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June 9, 2024 • 47 mins
In this insightful conversation, Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels and an experienced angel investor, shares her profound wisdom on funding challenges faced by women entrepreneurs.
From deconstructing early-stage funding trends to unveiling the secrets of leveraging networks and negotiating fair valuations, Angela offers a treasure trove of actionable advice.
Prepare to be enlightened as she dispels myths, challenges conventional wisd...
From deconstructing early-stage funding trends to unveiling the secrets of leveraging networks and negotiating fair valuations, Angela offers a treasure trove of actionable advice.
Prepare to be enlightened as she dispels myths, challenges conventional wisd...
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July 25, 2023 • 52 mins
How do you mine the kernel of a startup idea from scientific research?
How do you bridge the knowledge gap in learning hundreds of new startup and business concepts, while progressing your idea and getting funding all at the same time?
How do you piece together every part of a complex business model when you don't know what one is to begin with?
In this episode, Dr. Christy Sheehy, co-founder of C. Light Technologies inventor of Retit...
How do you bridge the knowledge gap in learning hundreds of new startup and business concepts, while progressing your idea and getting funding all at the same time?
How do you piece together every part of a complex business model when you don't know what one is to begin with?
In this episode, Dr. Christy Sheehy, co-founder of C. Light Technologies inventor of Retit...
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July 18, 2023 • 47 mins
What's the danger in following online startup advice as a new founder?
How can you break the dilemma of not having the cash to hire the good lawyers you need so you can raise cash?
If you’re a first time founder, how can you find and leverage the sharpest legal minds you can find to help you nail your raise and beyond?
In this episode, Elke Trilla, venture capital transaction and corporate governance attorney talks about the hidden pe...
How can you break the dilemma of not having the cash to hire the good lawyers you need so you can raise cash?
If you’re a first time founder, how can you find and leverage the sharpest legal minds you can find to help you nail your raise and beyond?
In this episode, Elke Trilla, venture capital transaction and corporate governance attorney talks about the hidden pe...
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July 11, 2023 • 47 mins
Summary:
What important aspect of your startup has an outsize impact on your fundraising outcomes?
Why is it so hard to change vc investment patterns in women-founded startups?
What do founders often miss about the investor side of startup funding?
In this episode, Julie Castro Abrams, managing partner at How Women Invest, started an ambitious project that addressed the triple whammy of low corporate board representation, lopsided inve...
What important aspect of your startup has an outsize impact on your fundraising outcomes?
Why is it so hard to change vc investment patterns in women-founded startups?
What do founders often miss about the investor side of startup funding?
In this episode, Julie Castro Abrams, managing partner at How Women Invest, started an ambitious project that addressed the triple whammy of low corporate board representation, lopsided inve...
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July 4, 2023 • 62 mins
Summary:
What does a cutting edge cybersecurity company have in common with the medieval Dutch church?
What's the most critical ingredient for ANY company to fulfill a meaningful social purpose?
What important aspect of the venture capital model do most founders fail to understand?
In this episode, Dr. Melanie Rieback, CEO and Co-founder of Radically Open Security and startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures, talks about the inspiration be...
What does a cutting edge cybersecurity company have in common with the medieval Dutch church?
What's the most critical ingredient for ANY company to fulfill a meaningful social purpose?
What important aspect of the venture capital model do most founders fail to understand?
In this episode, Dr. Melanie Rieback, CEO and Co-founder of Radically Open Security and startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures, talks about the inspiration be...
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June 27, 2023 • 43 mins
Who are the some of the smartest experts in the innovation ecosystem most entrepreneurs don't even know exist?
Why is it fatal to your startup to talk about your big scientific breakthrough too soon?
How can you as a founder get the best of both worlds in bringing your discovery or invention to market for great outcomes?
In this episode, Laleh Shayesteh, Director of Intellectual Property and Administration in the Office of Technology ...
Why is it fatal to your startup to talk about your big scientific breakthrough too soon?
How can you as a founder get the best of both worlds in bringing your discovery or invention to market for great outcomes?
In this episode, Laleh Shayesteh, Director of Intellectual Property and Administration in the Office of Technology ...
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June 20, 2023 • 34 mins
How does the Inflation Reduction Act impact funding for climate tech and clean tech startups?
What’s different for climate tech startups compared to startups in other sectors?
How can a climate focused startup improve their funding prospects and accelerate their path to revenue?
In this episode, Kristin Wegner Guilfoyle, climate tech and policy specialist, talks about the sectors that stand to benefit most from the inflation Reduction...
What’s different for climate tech startups compared to startups in other sectors?
How can a climate focused startup improve their funding prospects and accelerate their path to revenue?
In this episode, Kristin Wegner Guilfoyle, climate tech and policy specialist, talks about the sectors that stand to benefit most from the inflation Reduction...
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June 13, 2023 • 41 mins
What do you do if your very identity effectively shuts the door on many types of capital as an entrepreneur?
How do you get capital for your venture if even the nearest ATM is an hour away?
And what can one determined entrepreneur accomplish when all other options simply don’t exist for her, or even her entire community?
In this episode, Vanessa Roanhorse, capital innovator, and founder of Roanhorse Consulting, shares eye-opening chal...
How do you get capital for your venture if even the nearest ATM is an hour away?
And what can one determined entrepreneur accomplish when all other options simply don’t exist for her, or even her entire community?
In this episode, Vanessa Roanhorse, capital innovator, and founder of Roanhorse Consulting, shares eye-opening chal...
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June 6, 2023 • 54 mins
Summary
What are investors looking for during fundraising due diligence?
What one critical fact do most founders miss when thinking about what drives their investors’ funding decision?
What is the single biggest mental pivot you need to make as a founder to successfully fundraise?
In this episode, Lisa Frusztajer, Investor in Residence at the Capital Network, talks about what founders should prepare for pre-investment, what factors e...
What are investors looking for during fundraising due diligence?
What one critical fact do most founders miss when thinking about what drives their investors’ funding decision?
What is the single biggest mental pivot you need to make as a founder to successfully fundraise?
In this episode, Lisa Frusztajer, Investor in Residence at the Capital Network, talks about what founders should prepare for pre-investment, what factors e...
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May 30, 2023 • 59 mins
What does the vc investment process really look like?
Why should women founders be wary of VC funds that are earmarked only for women?
When fundraising, what hidden risk might scare an investor away that you as a founder may see as a big win?
In this episode, Kim Banham, general partner at Connetic Ventures, talks about how the vc process can be moulded to remove bias against women founders, the big disservice that women-focused vc fu...
Why should women founders be wary of VC funds that are earmarked only for women?
When fundraising, what hidden risk might scare an investor away that you as a founder may see as a big win?
In this episode, Kim Banham, general partner at Connetic Ventures, talks about how the vc process can be moulded to remove bias against women founders, the big disservice that women-focused vc fu...
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