Alchemist Accelerator Knowledge Bank

Common Founder Challenges

Our collection of resources and articles addressing the most common founder challenges

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Written by Claire Rosenfeld

Updated over 6 months ago

Time Management & Prioritization

Time Management (Dr. Valentin Schellhaas)

Struggles with Cold Customer Outreach

Outsourcing Lead Generation & SDRs

Long Sales Cycles

How should I approach sales?
Shorten B2B Sales Cycles (Kenan Rappuchi)
Alchemist Sales Resources

Transitioning from Verbal Commitments to Signed Contracts

Transitioning from LOI to Contract

Managing Customer Advisory Board

Pivoting

How do you know you need to keep iterating to make it a better product to achieve product market fit or it's actually a signal that there isn't PM fit and you should pivot?

Hiring & Firing

Angel Fundraising

Fundraising Strategy

Data Rooms for Investors

Data Room Guidance

What to Include in Investor Pitch

Creating Urgency for Investors (Follow-Ups and Closing)

Investor Communications Playbook

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