num_pages: 224
description: HOW DO YOU LAUNCH THE VENTURE OF YOUR DREAMS? Get Backed isnt just about startup fundraising. Its a handbook for anyone who has an idea and needs to build relationships to get it off the ground. Over the last 3 years entrepreneurs Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr have raised over $45 million for their own ventures including the second largest round on the fundraising platform AngelList. In Get Backed they show you exactly what they and dozens of others did to raise money -- even the mistakes they made -- uncovering the secrets of the worlds best storytellers fundraisers and startup accelerators. Get trained in the friendship loop a step-by-step process that can be used to meet and build relationships with anyone from investors to potential cofounders. They also show you how to create a pitch deck building off the actual examples of 15 ventures that have raised over $150 million. Get Backed won't just show you exactly what it takes to get funded it will give you the tools to make any idea a reality.
language: English
title: Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams
publisher: Harvard Business Review Press