How to Be the 1st to Market & The Best - Building the Minimum Lovable Product (Judith Erwin, Grasshopper Bank) - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

"I ended up with 110 investors & $133 Million in Total." I learned about Judith Erwin through a friend that works for her a couple of months ago. I stopped dead in my tracks when I found out that she is the founding CEO of Grasshopper Bank - the 1st FULLY digital bank in the US.

“I ended up with 110 investors & $133 Million in Total.”

I learned about Judith Erwin through a friend that works for her a couple of months ago.

I stopped dead in my tracks when I found out that she is the founding CEO of Grasshopper Bank - the 1st FULLY digital bank in the US.

WHY was I just hearing about her? The hype around millennial entrepreneurs is deafening BUT 45+ are doin' the damn thang. #NumbersDontLieCheckTheScoreBoard

Even though she raised a TON of money, the amount of $ Judith raised is not the most interesting about what she's built. I just knew y’all would click 💁‍♀️

What’s more interesting is how she approaches building her company as the 1st to market.

Yes. Entrepreneurs are building the plane while it’s flying but when you are 1st to market, you’re not only building the plane while it’s flying, you're also doing it while it’s pitch black!

Here is what I love and have learned about Judith and how she’s winning at being the first:

• How she’s built alongside her customer through what her team calls getting to the “Most Lovable Product.”

• How to build the best team by always recruiting —> She interviews 5 people/week when she’s not hiring. That's 4X that when she is hiring.

• How she raised a record $133M in core capital with 3 women + a man of color but almost lost it all in a matter of 2 hours.

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How to Build Your Personal Brand to Grow Your Business (Jessica Zweig, SimplyBe) - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

"People will invest in you because they believe in the equity you've built in yourself." Here's the Get Sh!t Done brand in a nutshell - It's Alex AF. I'm clear on why we exist, what our values are, how we live into those values and unapologetic about speaking on those things whenever I open my big mouth.

“People will invest in you because they believe in the equity you’ve built in yourself.”

Here’s the Get Sh!t Done brand in a nutshell - It’s Alex AF.

I’m clear on why we exist, what our values are, how we live into those values and unapologetic about speaking on those things whenever I open my big mouth.

I’m not trying to be something I’m not.

I’ve scaled businesses and secured checks being me. You can do you too. It's actually the smartest way to scale.

So where do you think founders fail at their personal brands?

Trying to be a version of themselves they think is acceptable and not clearly articulating why we should care about the value they bring to the table.

One of my FAVE serial entrepreneurs and personal brander Queens, Jessica Zweig, is someone I look up to when it comes to personal branding (and I’m not the only one. Check her receipts)

She’s taught me that personal branding can lead to the only form of marketing that your company may ever need if you play your cards right.

On this week’s episode of the Get Sh!t Done Podcast, we dive into:

-How to formulate your message

-How to avoid “faux authenticity”

-How to identify your content buckets

-Tactics for how you can build out your personal brand

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Lessons from Raising $22 Million & Failing (Shruti Shah, Move Loot) - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

"We raised our seed round of $2.8M in 2 1/2 weeks" Sounds sexy, right? One of the saddest things I see from some founders is an excessive focus on fundraising as their "saving grace". Yet, they have no traction or lack a clear path forward to generate traction.

“We raised our seed round of $2.8M in 2 1/2 weeks”

Sounds sexy, right?

One of the saddest things I see from some founders is an excessive focus on fundraising as their “saving grace”. Yet, they have no traction or lack a clear path forward to generate traction.

Many founders are wasting their time finding investors because A. They haven't de-risked the investment through traction or B. They aren't VC-backable.

Even the best founders and teams fail but they had traction where investors were willing to take the risk like Shruti Shah. -Her company was generating $30K MRR when they raised a seed of $2.8M in 2.5 weeks. -A Chinese billionaire CAME TO HER to offer $11M for Series A. -She went through YC.

Did checks guarantee success? Nope.

Shruti spills the tea and more importantly her lessons from scaling and failing: -Dangers of growth for growth's sake. -Pivoting away from the original model to raise more capital that decreased revenue nearly 7X. -What led to growing a team 3X & laying off 1/2 a month later. -Why she’s creating a founder-friendly fund around alternative financing.

About Shruti Shah She is an advisor, investor, consultant, and coach who works closely with early-stage startup founders as they work to scale their businesses. She's in the process of launching a new fund that has developed a new model to fund startups. She was most recently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Silicon Valley Bank where she worked with the early-stage practice team on strategic partnerships. She was previously the co-founder and COO of Y Combinator-backed Move Loot, an online full-service marketplace for buying and selling used furniture, where she led the national expansion and general business operations. Over the course of three years, she and her co-founding team raised $22 million dollars to scale the business across the United States. Move Loot was featured in numerous publications including Forbes, TechCrunch, Bloomberg Business Week, CNN, TIME, Fortune, and more.

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You Good, Queen? How Female Founders Can Practice Self-Care & Vulnerability (Tiffany Yu, Diversability) - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

Tech is not the most important asset in your company. Physical assets are not the most important asset in your company. YOU are the most important asset in your company. PERIODT. "It's okay not to be okay sometimes" - Tiffany Yu, Founder of Diversability We run ourselves into the ground for everything and everyone else and sacrifice our well-being for what?

Tech is not the most important asset in your company. Physical assets are not the most important asset in your company. YOU are the most important asset in your company. PERIODT.

"It's okay not to be okay sometimes" - Tiffany Yu, Founder of Diversability

We run ourselves into the ground for everything and everyone else and sacrifice our well-being for what? Self-care should be as high of a priority as hitting sales goals, actually higher. There's no spreadsheet, no email, no meeting, that's more important than your well-being.

If you are not functioning at your optimal, everything else around you will fall apart, including your company. Tiffany A. Yu, MSc (she/her), Founder of Diversability Inc., is one of my favorite entrepreneurs who champions self-care without the bullshit. She promotes it amongst her team, transparent and willing to call herself out with compassion when she’s not showing up for herself.

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Rachel Renock: How to Raise $6 Million from Investors (Founder, Wethos‪)‬ - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

I have $1M to spare. Said no one EVER!!! Rachel Renock, Founder of Wethos, raised her 1st $1M (At the time. She has now raised close to $5M) She didn't know any investors. Not long after launching without much money, without coming from money, without going to a fancy school, and without much access to getting in touch with investors beyond Twitter.

I have $1M to spare. Said no one EVER!!!

Rachel Renock, Founder of Wethos, raised her 1st $1M (At the time. She has now raised millions more) She didn't know any investors. Not long after launching without much money, without coming from money, without going to a fancy school, and without much access to getting in touch with investors beyond Twitter.

In this episode, we dig into Rachel's approach and some of the strategies/tactics she's used to raise capital like:

-Doing due diligence -Studying investors -“Friendly” cyberstalking ;) Amongst a few other genius things to get in front of investors. Rachel focuses on making strong connections and positive impacts, which in the investing world can be hard to come by. Get that money queen! #shegetsshitdone

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Financial Do's & Don'ts to Grow Your Business (Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista‪ - Get Sh!t Done Podcast)‬

The #1 reasons company's fail is because they run out of cash. 75% of companies ONLY have 27 days of cash on hand. In order for your business to grow and scale, your finances have to be in order. Similar to a sturdy home, you have to lay the foundation to build something great long-term.

The #1 reasons company's fail is because they run out of cash. 75% of companies ONLY have 27 days of cash on hand.

In order for your business to grow and scale, your finances have to be in order. Similar to a sturdy home, you have to lay the foundation to build something great long-term. Relying on a check from investors is not sustainable nor is it something that the majority of companies will ever gain access to.

Understanding how much traction you need to gain and financially planning it out will put your businesses in a better position than the majority of businesses.

Learn some of the Financial Do's & Don'ts from America's favorite financial educator, Tiffany Aliche aka The Budgetnista, who has helped 1M+ women save $200M+. One of Tiffany’s company is set to end the year raking in $10M and owns 100% of the company. Not only is Tiffany padding her pocketbook but has helped over 800,000 women save $200M+. If I were you, I’d listen to this boss.

Tiffany will not only give you amazing tips on the do's and don'ts for your business' financial success but also spills the tea on areas she made mistakes so you don't have to.

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Get Sh!t Done Podcast Trailer - Get Sh!t Done Podcast

Have you ever listened to podcasts about entrepreneurs, feel super-inspired, but get back to your computer and have no idea where to focus so you can grow too? On Get Sh!t Done, join Alex Batdorf, three time entrepreneur and CEO & Founder of Get Sh!t Done the company, on a mission to help female founders build $1+ million companies and change the entrepreneurial narrative one queen at a time! Each week we’ll be hearing from badass women across the entrepreneurial space to learn specific insights and tools to help you turn inspiration to activation! We don’t just get the story, we get the scoop, and we’re spilling all the tea with you!

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