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Swombat.com is no longer actively maintained, but all the posts here are still available for your use. The original objective was to regularly summarise and comment on the best articles for founders each day, as well as occasionally post our my own thoughts and advice, so that you could read the most useful articles while focusing on building your own startup. As most of the articles in the founders library were selected to be "evergreens", I hope you still find them useful!
Chris Dixon's notes on raising financing. Solid, level-headed tips. Best read in conjunction with this article by Evan Reas, which proposes the following two-step approach:
You are never asking for money nor do you ever need it. You are either meeting with investors to talk about your business or asking them whether they want to be included in the round you are about to close.
