How To Support a Founder

Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

Investors looking to find good deals should consider how to support founders.

The more the investor can support the key founders in their network, the better chance they have at finding a place on their cap tables.

Good founders launch a new startup every five years in most cases.

The previous startup may or may not have succeeded.

Investors looking for strong teams should consider supporting good founders on a day-to-day basis.

This builds a network of potential CEOs who need funding.

Here are some key steps on how to support a founder:

Find out what is top of mind for them currently.

Knowing what they are focused on will tell the investor how to add value.

Ask the founder about the current milestone they are trying to achieve.

Finally, ask what the biggest challenge they face today is.

Through simple questioning, one can figure out how to support the founder at this time.

Consider building a network of successful startup founders and supporting them in their work.

Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding.

Let's go startup something today.

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In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes by Laura Hilty, Principal at HealthX Ventures and Chief Strategy Officer at Ignite Data, to discuss her path from Epic to building and launching seven software products at a clinical research startup, supporting acquisitions, and ultimately seeing the business sold to Blackstone for $5B—before moving into early-stage health tech investing.

Laura shares how digital health opportunities are shifting as Epic expands into AI, creating new investment risk and pushing startups toward deep niches and tech-enabled services Epic won't replicate, like devices or clinician staffing. We also cover the FDA's push toward real-time clinical trials and questions around participant-level data, plus innovations addressing clinician shortages through automation and peer support, including Sober Sidekick's relapse prediction.

Laura closes with advice on proving product-market fit before VC, defining moats in an AI-driven world, and avoiding overly frothy early valuations.

Visit HealthX Ventures at www.healthxventures.com/

Reach out to at www.linkedin.com/in/laura-hilty001/

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Challenges of the Venture Studio Model

Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

The Venture Studio model is a form of venture capitalism that brings numerous startups together and fosters their growth through shared resources and learning.

Not all startups make it.

The Venture Studio model takes the best of each failed startup and finds a place within a successful startup in the program.

Here are some key challenges with the Venture Studio model:

The Studio must have ongoing revenue streams.

The program is labor-intensive, so there must be some way to pay the salaries.

Make clear the program you are running and the output of it.

Since the startups will change and reconfigure themselves regularly, it's important to make clear what the outcome will be.

This could be to create five successful startups that raise funding by the end of the year.

Funding for each startup will be a key challenge to overcome.

The Studio will not be able to fund each startup completely, so outside funding must be found.

Consider these challenges in your Venture Studio model program.

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