How NOT to spend your first $250,000 round of funding | Sidebean

How NOT to spend your first $250,000 round of funding Ready to scale your business successfully? Here’s how Slidebean can help you scale your business: ► Build your Go to Market strategy ► Presentations & Frameworks to set a culture of performance ► Deals on recommended tools for like Recurring, Justworks, and Brex & more… Our Community gets 30% Discount on their Slidebean Subscription. Get started now: Use code ‘SLBYTCOMMUNITY’ or check out https://youtube.slidebean.com/scale-my-business Our 2015 Financials: https://slidebean.com/financial-model-template-for-startups?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=spend-250K Slidebean Presentation Service 📣 Our Youtube subscribers get a 10% off in our Design Services: https://youtube.slidebean.com/design-services Subscribe to our FREE weekly startup newsletter ► https://slidebean.com/newsletter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=spend-250K -- How did Slidebean spend its first $250K? We have a policy of sharing some of our finances and our lessons as part of our transparency marketing. We started doing this back in 2015, inspired by companies like Buffer and Baremetrics, whose own blog posts and materials were an inspiration for us. We are taking a trip down memory lane to understand how Slidebean was formed, where the first money came from, and how we spent it. #slidebean #startups #funding #startingabusiness -- 0:00 - Introduction 2:22 - Months 0-6: From mockup to the first beta 4:48 - Months 6-12: From beta to 1.0 7:41 - Months 12-16: Launch and first customers 10:31 - Months 16-20: Pivot and GROWTH! 12:47 - Months 20-24: Balancing Growth and Spend ---- Let us improve your pitch deck: https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck-designutm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=video-content Read the article: https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-first-round-of-funding ---- Related links: Free financial model: https://slidebean.com/financial How to grow a small business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rpBhMY0ys Are startups accelerators worth it?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjoGTRcj55A -- About Slidebean Slidebean is a platform for founders to scale their startups. Our platform offers everything you need to build your startup, your pitch deck, set up your company, and start gaining traction. Our team of experts can also help you write and design your pitch deck and build the financial model for your startup. -- Follow us Twitter: http://twitter.com/slidebean LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/slidebean Instagram: http://instagram.com/slidebean Facebook: http://facebook.com/slidebean Caya Twitter: http://twitter.com/cayahere LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caya/ Turn on notifications for the podcast & rate it a 5-star for new episodes. Sidebean makes documentaries about startups, tech, and their impact on society. It is a venture-backed company that helps other startups navigate the complicated road to success. They love to cover stories around business, startups, and tech, trying both to teach and entertain. Subscribe to Sidebean on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@slidebean/ Disclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally shared by Sidebean. It was created by a fan who appreciates Sidebean’s thoughtful storytelling and wanted to make these ideas more accessible for audio-focused listeners. This is not an official production of Sidebean, nor is it affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content belong to Sidebean. ---- Keywords: ai ethics, business innovation, tech analysis, tech commentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices