This article presents 50 crucial questions that founders should ask when raising funds.
The questions cover various aspects, such as business model, revenue path, investor fit, urgency, budget, fundraising process, founder's mindset, filtering progress, and more.
Some of the questions include understanding the path to revenue, identifying actual buyers, validating pricing models, evaluating investor fit, determining investor check sizes and matching raise size, assessing coachability, and preparing a closing strategy.
The article also emphasizes the importance of being brutally honest and having a backup plan in case investors decline funding.
The author of the article, Manoj Thacker, shares more insights on their website.