For CEOs & Leaders From Idea 🌱To EXIT 🦄

For CEOs & Leaders From Idea 🌱To EXIT 🦄

Easiest & Fastest Way To Get investors: 6 actionable steps.

Yet everyone is talking about pitch decks, pitching and cold outreach... Good luck with that.

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Raja Skogland
Aug 23, 2025
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The Easiest Way to Get Investors

If you’re a startup founder, you’ve probably heard:
"Have a bold vision", ”Know your numbers”, “Talk to as many as possible!” “Have a solid team!”, "It’s all about the product and traction!"

YES! But it is REALLY not enough… And there are easier ways.

Especially since fundraising can drain you and kill your company (cause instead of focusing on clients, you are chasing investors)


Why most founders fail at fundraising

Most founders start talking to investors when they’re running out of cash.

At that point, you’re negotiating from a position of weakness. Investors can smell urgency. It puts you at a disadvantage.

It s like dating… Being desperate is REALLY not attractive.


Step 1 (out of 6): Build your investor profile

(full article below and 4 more articles and KEY strategies to accelerate your fundraising 🦄)

I will share here different strategies with high impact that you can easily combine to speed up the process even more.

👇👇👇 I will go straight to the point:

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