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Feel the Boot delivers advice and experience to entrepreneurs, helping them create and grow successful businesses. We help founders go from overwhelmed entrepreneur to successful CEO.
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Friends & Family Round: How to Protect Your Relationships AND Raise Money
The friends and family round is how most founders raise their first capital — but it's also where the most relationships get damaged. If you don't structure it right, you can accidentally screw over…
How to Build a Go-to-Market Engine That Makes Investors Pay Attention — with Javier Lozano Jr.
Most founders are doing "random acts of marketing" — a little LinkedIn, some ads, a blog here and there. Trying to be everywhere, succeeding nowhere.Javier Lozano Jr. was the CMO at Wrapmate during…
Your Product Won't Speak for Itself — Why Technical Founders Get Overlooked | Shayna Davis
Most technical founders think their product will do the talking. It won't.Shayna Rattler-Davis has spent 15+ years helping leaders at companies like IBM, L'Oréal, and dozens of STEM startups learn…
Hockey Enforcer to $110M: Dave Burnett on Grit, Time, and Making AI See Your Startup
Former hockey enforcer Dave Burnett took punches for a living, then helped build Achievers.com (sold for $110M), watched his own business go to zero twice, and came back both times. In this episode,…
The 4 Filters: Why You Aren’t Fundable... Yet
Most founders think fundraising fails because of "bad luck." Usually, it fails because of simple physics.Fundraising is a sales funnel. If you have a structural leak at the top, no amount of "slick"…
The Investor Warm-Up Protocol: How to Turn Cold Investors into Warm Leads
If your first interaction with an investor is asking for money, you have already lost.Cold pitching investors has a success rate of nearly 0%. Warm introductions have a success rate of over 50%.The…
The Super Connector System: David Homan on Building Relationships at the Speed of Trust
🛑 Stop Networking! Build Trust and Community to Fund Your Startup | David HomanAre you an introverted founder struggling to raise capital? Do you find most networking events to be a waste of time and…
124. The 6 Startup Pitches Every Founder Needs
The 6 Startup Pitches Every Founder Needs Most founders only create one pitch deck, and it costs them investors. In this video, I’ll show you the six pitches every startup founder needs to win…
123. Founder/Market Fit: Your Startup’s Early-Stage Advantage
Founder/Market Fit: Your Startup’s Early-Stage Advantage Stop guessing about “Founder–Market Fit.” In this episode I break down how investors spot it at the pre-seed stage— and what to do if you…
122. How Founders Sabotage Themselves with ChatGPT
Are you outsourcing your thinking to ChatGPT? That’s a fast track to sabotaging your startup. In this episode, I share two real conversations I had with founders who said they got their market size…
121. The mindset shift that separates stalled founders from successful ones – David Neagle interview
Most founders don’t fail because of a bad idea.They fail because fear, doubt, and hesitation stop them before they ever really start. In this episode of Feel the Boot, I sit down with internationally…
120. Unlocking Startup Growth: Fundraising Strategies and Resilience Tips with Paulo Andrez
Unlocking Startup Growth: Fundraising Strategies and Resilience Tips with Paulo Andrez What separates the startups that raise capital and scale… from those that stall out? In this episode of Feel the…
119. Pre-Sell Before You Build: Avoid Costly Startup Mistakes — with David Hirschfeld
Pre-Sell Before You Build: Avoid Costly Startup Mistakes — with David Hirschfeld Most startups fail because they build something no one wants.In this episode of Feel the Boot, I talk with David…
118. Avoid These Startup Finance Mistakes — Insights from a Fractional CFO
Avoid These Startup Finance Mistakes — Insights from a Fractional CFO Most founders ignore finance until it becomes a problem—don’t be that founder. In this episode of Feel the Boot, I sit down…
117. Cold Start Your Startup Pitch: Hook Investors from the First Second
🔥 Your Pitch is Losing Investors in the First 5 Seconds—Here’s How to Fix It! Most founders waste the most critical part of their pitch—the opening. Investors remember the first and last things you…
116. Fear is the Startup Killer: How to Overcome It and Get Started
What’s stopping you from starting your dream business?For most people, it’s fear.Fear of failure, financial loss, looking foolish—or even fear of success.In this episode, we break down the most…
115. Why Startup Plans Fail (and Why That’s Okay)
Why Startup Plans Fail (and Why That’s Okay) Welcome to Feel the Boot, the science of startups! In this episode, host I share three insightful sayings about planning and their relevance to startups.…
114. Building Products Right: Essential Advice for Early-Stage Founders by Chad Perry
Building Products Right: Essential Advice for Early-Stage Founders by Chad Perry 🚀 Building a tech product as a non-technical founder can feel like a daunting challenge. Should you hire a developer?…
113. Effective Team Building and Self-Management for Founders – Emily Hawkins Interview
In this episode of Feel the Boot, I sit down with leadership expert Emily Hawkins to tackle one of the biggest challenges founders face: effective team management. 🚀 Whether you’re a new founder or a…
112. Go Niche or Go Home: Why Your Startup Needs a Narrow Initial Market (and How to Pick One)
In this episode of 'Feel the Boot,' host Lance Cottrell delves into the strategic importance of targeting a niche market for startup success. He guides early-stage founders through the crucial…
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