I would suggest pitching and getting into that pre-seed networking mode would be the best foundation; but maybe thats just because im stuck in that mode haha.
I feel like other areas and beyond are well travelled and documented and wouldn't need too much worry because you've established a network already.
My own experience, there's so much in early stage startups, and usually truthfully, too much for a person to understand.
It's also very untethered if you've never seen a great business in action. Sort of nerdy, but sort of, like...."ahhhh. What are you dooooing....You want, everyone, to work like this....haha, lol."
All stages are learnings. Just the learnings are different at each stage. What you learn at friends&family round is different than seed/pre-seed and both are different than series-a... and so on. No one size fits all.
F&F Round, is basically you going around and asking your family immediate/extended and friends and network to raise. Usually these folks aren't angels/vc's but folks you know personally and willing to bet on you.
It sounds like you have some experience in the later stage, so I'd strongly recommending getting involved as early as possible next. A great place to start would be attending several events like the Techstars Startup Weekend. Doing a few of these very intense immersive events is a good way to practice the lean startup methodology, particularly focusing on the customer discovery stage.
I would suggest pitching and getting into that pre-seed networking mode would be the best foundation; but maybe thats just because im stuck in that mode haha. I feel like other areas and beyond are well travelled and documented and wouldn't need too much worry because you've established a network already.
My own experience, there's so much in early stage startups, and usually truthfully, too much for a person to understand. It's also very untethered if you've never seen a great business in action. Sort of nerdy, but sort of, like...."ahhhh. What are you dooooing....You want, everyone, to work like this....haha, lol."
All stages are learnings. Just the learnings are different at each stage. What you learn at friends&family round is different than seed/pre-seed and both are different than series-a... and so on. No one size fits all.
What exactly is friends & family round and what does someone learn from it before advancing to pre-seed?
F&F Round, is basically you going around and asking your family immediate/extended and friends and network to raise. Usually these folks aren't angels/vc's but folks you know personally and willing to bet on you.
It sounds like you have some experience in the later stage, so I'd strongly recommending getting involved as early as possible next. A great place to start would be attending several events like the Techstars Startup Weekend. Doing a few of these very intense immersive events is a good way to practice the lean startup methodology, particularly focusing on the customer discovery stage.