Lots of great things happened in 2022, but it was no doubt one of the most brutal year given the recession, mass layoffs, and investor pull back. I learned a lot about fundraising, business, and technology.
Where I lacked a lot was building relationships with investors. Further complicating things was the Covid pandemic. Building a company when there is a raging global pandemic was challenging.
Some of my focus areas for 2023:
Build relationships
- Customers
- Strategic Partners
- Employees/Co-founders
- Investors
Expand my knowledge about Venture Capital/Financing
- Grants like the NSF SBIR/STTR program
- SAFEs
- Angel Groups
- Accelerators
- Convertible Notes
- Crowdfunding
Expand my knowledge about business
- Startup business valuation
- Intellectual property
- Financial Accounting
- Pitch deck/Business plan
- Selling and marketing to enterprise businesses
Expand my knowledge about Product Management and Technology
- Product Management tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- Learn a new programming language like Rust or Go
- Developer conferences