Q about the value of advisors and experience I came across recently with a company that I'm talking with and more. So I hope you enjoy this episode and the shorter format. Thanks for sticking with us. One of the most important things that a founder has to do as fundraise, whether they like it or not, was it as hard as you thought it would be to get that money?
A Um, okay. Wow. You're jumping right in, uh, to, to that question. Um, yeah. So, and I guess maybe just to, to give a little context to my answer, um, the fourth effect's really unique because yes, we are a seed stage startup and we're on our own entrepreneurial journey, but what our business model is, is to, you know, we are this community powered marketplace and we have close to a thousand pre-seed through series A startups that Are part of our membership and that are all fundraising pretty much, you know, in various stages of fundraising. And many of them are in fact actively seeking funding in our private investment club in the fourth effect. And so, you know, I have my own story, um, but I have their stories, you know, I have close to a thousand stories. So, um, so, you know, we have a lot of insight in terms of the reality on the ground of actually Trying to raise that pre-seed round, raise the seed round, you know, what does that look like? Um, you know, I, I think there are some, some takeaways that just unfortunately are true. One is, is that if, you know, depending on who you are as a founder and kind of like who you know, how connected you are, what your network is, uh, it's a very different path and nothing in this life is fair. Fundraising is a hundred percent not fair. Um, it is totally who you know. And, uh, and you know, it is so, you know, that that's one part o…
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