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How to Raise a Round Podcast: Theo Miller, Hit Start Media
On this episode of How to Raise a Round, we sat down with Theo Miller– founder and CEO of Hit Start Media–to discuss his $600k pre-seed round. Hit Start is a media production startup focused on creating strategic first-party podcast content, and produces several shows at Carta–including How to Raise a Round.  Theo’s story Theo […]
How to Raise a Round Podcast: Miri Buckland & Ellie Buckingham, The Landing
On this episode of How to Raise A Round, we sat down with Miri Buckland and Ellie Buckingham, co-founders of The Landing, a community platform for visual inspiration, curation, and design. Ellie and Miri leveraged their fundraising campaign to test product-market fit, and ultimately used this customer feedback loop to raise a $2.5M seed round. […]
How to Raise a Round Podcast: Ben Kanner, Worklete
  In this episode of How to Raise A Round, we sat down with Worklete co-founder and CEO Ben Kanner to hear the story of how he raised his $6.5M Series A in the span of just four weeks. Worklete’s story Ben’s father was a firefighter and professional athlete. In the workplace, he used skillsets […]
How to Raise a Round Podcast: Nico Simko, Clair
As a first-time founder, Nico Simko, the CEO of digital bank Clair, found that it was easy to be wooed by investors. It was simplicity and restraint that kept his head in the game through the emotional rollercoaster of fundraising during the tumultuous early stages of a global pandemic. As the stock market succumbed to […]
How to Raise a Round Podcast: Craig J. Lewis, Gig Wage
  After fielding endless criticism and navigating a pivot, Craig Lewis, Founder and CEO of gig economy payroll platform Gig Wage, found success in perseverance.  The Dallas-based company raised a $2 million seed round in November 2018. But the road to success wasn’t without its fair share of roadblocks.  A few years ago, Gig Wage […]
How much should I pay my first employees? Compensation strategy for founders
  One of the most common challenges that you’ll face as a startup founder is growing your team—from sizing the employee option pool (ESOP) to sourcing quality talent, all the way through writing an attractive offer letter. There are two compensation-related questions that every founder needs to answer: How do I find great candidates? When […]