Fundraising 101

Ask any maker who’s been through it – fundraising is hard. In some cases, outright brutal. Still, it’s a necessary... [Product Hunt]( [Read in browser]( [Bookmark these fundraising tools 🔖]( Ask any maker who’s been through it – fundraising is hard. In some cases, outright brutal. Still, it’s a necessary evil for those wanting to build and scale large companies. Many household brands you see today likely wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for some outside help. That’s not to say lifestyle and bootstrapped companies can’t be successful. In fact, we’ve seen plenty prove external funding isn’t the only way to build a business. Just last year the biggest-ever exit by a bootstrapped business happened. Hint: it’s [MailChimp](, which [sold]( for a whopping $12B to Intuit. If you’re in the process of raising a round or are thinking about it, we’ve got some resources you may want to check out. [ScaleUp]( features fundraising templates and resources you need, in ClickUp. [Fundraising Template 2.0]( includes an investor CRM, pitch deck content builder, templates for your email communication, and a due diligence checklist as part of a Notion template. [Venture Roof]( is a collection of fundraising guides that consists of a 20+ investor list, 500+ accelerators, and 7k+ start-up advisors. [Funden™]( is a fundraising platform that helps you perfect your pitch, target qualified investors, and receive warm intros to a global network of 500+ partner VCs. [Fundraising Questions]( is a curated collection of 120+ questions VCs will ask you and that you can ask them. [deck.rocks]( uses GPT-3 to generate pitch decks from one-liner ideas. And if you’ve already got the cash in the bank, check out how this company is [helping founders]( get more from their investors. [To fundraising support]( CAT NIPS - [Holo]( lets you add short-form video stories to your eCommerce website. - [Stryde]( is a workout planner for iOS that allows you to add your exercises, build your sessions, and customize things like rest periods and supersets. - Create personalized, contextual product demo libraries for your customers with [SmartCue](. - This [Tree Game]( wants to spread the word on how forests fight the climate crisis by challenging you to guess which countries have more trees. Monday, 5 September 2022 This Weekend's Top Products [Picreator]( [Create realistic photo, illustrations and more using text]( [▲ 850+]( [MigRun]( [Residence permits and visas in Europe 3-5X cheaper & faster]( [▲ 553+]( [Marqly 1.0]( [Manage your bookmarks like a pro]( [▲ 301+]( [Upstack]( [Find your dream developer in days]( [▲ 9+](  [Promoted]( [HyreSnap]( [Get the perfect resume for your next job in 10 minutes]( [▲ 599+]( [refinery]( [Treating training data as if it was source code]( [▲ 259+]( [420+ Marketing Resources]( [A collection of marketing resources, all-in-one place]( [▲ 244+]( [Ceeya]( [Turn your passion into a business]( [▲ 310+]( [Product Manager MBA]( [The only course you need to get started in Product]( [▲ 225+]( [twimbit]( [Industry intelligence for executives and teams]( [▲ 250+]( [Excelformulabot.com]( [Turn your text instructions into an Excel formula via AI]( [▲ 347+]( [Discover many more]( TAKE A BREAK Listen up, workaholics. It’s time to rest. [BurnoutBuddy]( helps you beat burnout by actively blocking you from using work-related apps outside working hours. [Beat the burnout]( [Tell us how we're doing]( [We're working on improving Product Hunt every day and we want to hear from you. What do you love? How could we do better? All feedback is helpful.]( [Speak your mind]( We send this email daily. Feel free to update your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from these emails at any time. [Advertise](, [Twitter](, [Facebook](, [Stories](