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Episodes
Fifteen minutes per raise. Same questions every time, so every episode adds a row to the dataset — and a lesson to The Playbook.
Sam Rivera: A $1.5M pre-seed with no lead for six weeks
SAMPLE — placeholder episode showing the format. A pre-seed founder on chasing angels before a lead, the deck nobody read past slide 3, and the deadline that finally closed the round.
$1.5M · 62 pitched · 47 nos · 2 term sheets · 9 wks
Listen →Jane Doe: 84 pitches, 61 nos, one lead that almost walked
SAMPLE — placeholder episode showing the format. A seed-stage CEO reconstructs an 11-week raise: the list, the deck that stalled on the traction slide, and the customer call that flipped the lead.
$3.2M · 84 pitched · 61 nos · 3 term sheets · 11 wks
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