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Here's how we helped dozens of first-time founders get their companies off the ground without the fear of messing up their taxes. For example, when I started my first company, I was clueless about something called Form 1120. It was a huge, complicated form, and I was terrified of making a mistake. I spent hours trying to figure it out while also trying to build my product and hire a team. It was a real nightmare. That's why I started Every - to help founders like you skip the tax-form stress and focus on what really matters. Comment "STREAMLINE" to get free access to our best tips on Form 1120.

I contacted every VC I knew to tell them I was fundraising. It backfired big time. Turns out, there's a much better way to handle fundraising.

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As a first-time founder, I felt I had to say yes to every meeting request, networking event, and investor coffee chat. I was terrified of missing out on some magical opportunity. Now I realize it was a huge productivity killer. Let me shortcut you. Learn to stay focused. Learn to say no. If you are not building your product or selling it, you are wasting time.

For raising a pre-seed round, I used to think that more traction automatically meant a better shot at funding. Turns out, I was wrong. When you're pre-revenue, investors are buying into your vision and potential. But once you have numbers, those numbers better be amazing or they'll just kill the excitement you've built. Sometimes, less is more when it comes to attracting investors.

Many founders (and investors) think they have a product market fit. But they don't. Last week, someone told me, "I have 40 customers. I have product market fit." But that's not how it works. Product market fit needs to be re-evaluated constantly. Every year. Every month. No company always has product market fit. Every company will die eventually. The question is: how long can you stay alive? Seed stage? Series A? Series B? Even some public companies eventually die. Look at Polaroid, Blockbuster, PAN AM (just to name a few). In fact, 52% of companies in the Fortune 500 list have disappeared over the last 20 years. The reality is: Product market fit is never permanent. Early adopters? Great. Penetrate one segment? Awesome. But can you penetrate another? Can you stay current? Can you pivot and change with the ebbs and flows of markets and needs? My last startup had a product market fit in one segment. Hit $20M in revenue. But expanding to other segments? No fit. It was a tough lesson. Product market fit isn't binary. And it is a never-ending journey.

I once pitched my startup to Andreessen Horowitz, and it was a complete disaster. Marc Andreessen obliterated me and I didn't get through my pitch. I then gathered myself and 60 minutes later I got a verbal term sheet from Lightspeed. Here's what happened.

Being a first-time founder in a startup can be lonely AF. You have no idea what you are doing. You work 24/7, trying to do it all. It's one of the hardest things anyone can do. This is why I started Every.io. It will not solve all first-time founder's problems, but it will solve all their back-office challenges. I wish I had this service in my back pocket when I was a first-time founder of a start-up.

Fundraising is like dating, you gotta play it cool. If you don't, people will smell the desperation on you. Here's how to communicate when you raising money for your start-up.