Marc McCabe (@mccabe), partner at Oyster Capital, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:

- What people get wrong when they’re preparing to fundraise.

- The importance of stress-testing a deck, and how to do it.

- The right investor to pitch first, and the right time to follow-up.

- Whether to give a VC a deadline or not.

- Common mistakes people make when fundraising and how to avoid them.

- Lessons from his time at Airbnb.

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