Tom Deegan
4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 13, 2026 by Tom Deegan · across every show →
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Jan 13, 2026 negative
Deegan: Founders should avoid raising capital from friends and family
“So I should have learned that lesson and said, I need to not raise money from friends and family. Instead, they were the only people at that moment that I needed to double and triple down. You just had to go even further all in. Not sure I would do it again or…”
Jan 13, 2026
Deegan: Fundraising during a pivot relies on selling conviction, not product
“One of the biggest lessons, particularly from that moment is like selling people on like your conviction in that moment, we were selling both like the product that we were about to shut down, but we didn't really even have visuals yet for the new product. So i…”
Jan 13, 2026
Jan 13, 2026 positive
Deegan: 5,000 Ladder users completed an hour-long annual survey in two days
“We sent our annual survey out This year we'll, we'll get, you know, we had 5000 responses that take an hour on average is what people are spending. We already have 5000 responses in the last two days. And they're answering 230 of our, like, most, you know, bur…”