The Investor Relations Field Guide

What it does

A no-nonsense guide full of war stories and best practice on startup investor relations. Based on in-depth interviews with 100+ Founders and Investors from Pre-Seed to Series C

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  Resources for Early-Stage Founders2024 · groundup.vc · ▲371

  Dozens of templates, articles & videos to help you grow

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  Fundraising Field Guide2015 · ▲137

  Field guide for early stage high-growth companies

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  Fundraising Field Guide v32024 · ▲68

  A startup founder's guide to all things fundraising

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  PR Roadmap For Founders Playbook2023 · publicize.co · ▲83

  Position yourself as an industry expert

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  First Round Guide to Navigating COVID-192020 · review.firstround.com · ▲16

  Crisis playbook for planning, leading & funding your startup

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  The Art Of Startup Fundraising2016 · startupfundraising.com · ▲85

  Pitching investors, negotiating the deal, & everything else

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲929

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 2d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 14d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 15d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 9d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 13d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 23d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Synthesia▲943

  Generate professional-looking AI videos from text in minutes

  AI · 2020 · synthesia.io

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  IdeasAI▲801

  OpenAI-powered startup idea generator

  AI · 2020 · ideasai.com

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  Tables by Google▲783

  Tables helps teams easily track & automate tasks

  Work · 2020 · tables.area120.google.com

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  Linux sysadmin course, eight years on▲780

  Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…

  Commerce · 2020

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  Poolside FM for iPhone▲642

  A pool party in your pocket

  Life & fun · 2020 · cellular.poolside.fm

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  MakeHub 2.0▲600

  65 solo founders making $370,000/mo

  Life & fun · 2020