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Grow your startup like crazy without giving up a penny of equity.
Plan For Scale
Dedicated
Startup Advisor
You're not alone anymore. Team up with a dedicated, experienced Startup Advisor who knows exactly where to find the help you need to scale.
Meet Your Advisors
Ed Kang
GP, SynergyWorks Fund
7 Startups, 2 Exits, 24 Years
Ryan Rutan
Serial Founder, 20+ Years
Expert Marketer
Steve Gacka
Technical Founder, 15+ Years
Multi-Stack Software Engineer
“What Startups has built is a platform that can help you at every stage of growth.”
Nate Checketts, Founder
Raised $50M+ • Apparel
Customized Action Plan
You tell us what you want to achieve, we'll build a kick-ass plan to get it done fast. We'll customize your plan to take advantage of the playbooks of thousands of startups before you.
Grow Your Network
Curated Peer Groups
Join hand-curated peer groups led by passionate Founders/CEOs in a private, intimate environment where everyone can be brutally honest.
"Having an expert advisor that knows what you're experiencing and has been through this before is incredibly helpful."
Christina Perla
Founder
10x Your Rolodex
Every week we host curated Speed Networking events where you will be introduced to new Founders who can help you grow your startup and build your network. It's basically Tinder for Founders - on steroids.
Get More Customers
Masterclasses from World-renowned Founders
Over 650 video classes from legendary Founders covering every aspect of starting a company. Learn how to scale a company from the Founder of Wordpress, grow your content marketing strategy from Neil Patel, or build the perfect sales funnel from Hiten Shah of KISS Metrics.
Learn from expert Founders of companies like:
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Early Stage PR
Julie Crabill
Founder + CEO @ PR Expert
Content Marketing
Neil Patel
Founder, Crazy Egg
Customer Development
Steve Blank
Serial Founder, Author
Seed Fundraising
Jenny Lefcourt
Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital
23 Million
Customers Acquired
237,000
Startup Launches
Get More Customers
Whether you're trying to find your first customer or scale to millions, we can help you supercharge your acquisition efforts.
Launched on our Platforms
Raise Capital
Looking for Funding?
We've helped startups raise over $600 million in funding commitments. We can help you with every aspect of your fundraise from understanding how the process works to building your Pitch Deck to finding the perfect investors.
Fundraise Strategy
Pitch Deck Creation
Step-by-Step Courses
Investor Research
Recently Funded
Rhone Apparel
$37m Raised
Arcimoto
$19m Raised
Unyq
$4.3m Raised
Laired Superfoods
$51m Raised
$600 Million Raised
15 Startup IPOs
Interactive Courses
Get thorough, interactive walkthroughs of complicated topics written specifically for startup Founders. Step-by-step instructions on how to validate a New Idea, craft the perfect Pitch Deck and find Investors, and much more.
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Get Expert Help
Connect Directly with Experts
Stuck on something? Don't sweat it. Jump on a call with the Founder guru on the topic and get instant answers to anything from "How to Optimize my Facebook Spend" to "Give me a brutal review of my Pitch Deck."
Domain Expertise
Funding
Legal
Finance
Marketing
Product
Sales
Scaling
Strategy
Hiring
Personal Health
17,000+
Questions Answered
Every 90 Seconds
Someone is on a call with our experts
73,000
Completed Expert Calls
Live Chat 24x7
Get live feedback from thousands of experienced Founders to help work through daily challenges. It's like having an Advisory Board of the smartest people you know right in the palm of your hand.
Learn From Founders
Workshops Taught by Founders
Learn directly from successful Founders with live, hands-on workshops covering everything from how to pitch investors to where to find your first customers.
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Growth Marketing Masterclass
Tristan Gillen
Founder @ Growth Division
Your Elevator Pitch in One Minute or Less
Alia Rahman
CEO + Founder @ Insight Coaching
Get Customers & Generate Cash Flow Pre-MVP
Aliya Amershi
Founder @ Codefree App Launch
Sales 101 - How to Sell Anything to Anyone
Jay DeAmato
Founder @ ConversionCoach.ai
“The worst thing you can do as a Founder is go it alone. This is the missing piece of the puzzle - a tribe that you can grow with.”
Dan Martell
The SAAS Academy
Save Time & Money
Over $25k in Member Benefits
We've partnered with the most sought-after startup products to offer massive savings. Forget paying full price - use that hard earned money to grow your business instead!
"Startups.com is in a league of its own when it comes to the structure, technology, and most importantly, participants. It's an amazingly curated group of leaders that help you troubleshoot issues in real-time."
Rashid Ali, Founder
Raised $80m
A Track Record of Success
96% Positive
Founder Satisfaction Rating
Owlet
Total Raised
$178,000,000
As a founder, sh!t gets overwhelming and oftentimes lonely. As you reach more and more success, it gets harder and harder to find a support group, someone to help you see wider, bigger. Having an expert advisor that knows what you're experiencing and has been through this before is incredibly helpful. It's completely invaluable and it's hard to put a price tag on it.
Christina Perla
Founder, MakeLab
Hotel Tonight
Total Raised
$130,000,000
Transcode Therapeutics
Total Raised
$1,100,000
Share Mobility
Total Raised
$12,000,000
I feel like a Startup Expert and it comes in handy with my consultancy work after listening to every podcast on their channel. These two Co-Founders have not only great startup advice but the psychology of Startups is very deep. I have only noticed a few problems which could be improved: some vulgar language, an overemphasis on founders groups which isn’t free or inexpensive (not all that effective if you can’t get the majority of the founders into groups), and I don’t care for after talk with listeners which was introduced a little here and there after the first 140+ episodes (this seems to just run on the amount of time of a typical easy-to-handle podcast).
@ScottSorgent
Rhone Apparel
Total Raised
$37,000,000
ThredUp
Total Raised
$505,000,000
The best part of being in a Founder Group is seeing how other Founders are solving similar problems. It's like seeing every alternate ending of your own story.
Marc Nager
Greater Colorado Venture Fund
Chomps
Total Raised
$80,000,000
Resolve Medical
Total Raised
$3,000,000
Laird Superfood
Total Raised
$51,000,000
Startups.com Founder Group is in a league of its own when it comes to the structure, technology, and most importantly, participants. It's an amazingly curated group of leaders that help you troubleshoot issues in real-time.
Rashid Ali
Founder, Chomps
Bumble
Total Raised
$2,730,000,000
$652,000,000
Total Funding Commitments
I'm just overwhelmed with amount of quality support I have received from startups.com program.
Valent Turkovic
CEO, Crisis Innovation Lab
Loop Returns
Total Raised
$75,000,000
A friend recommended this to me, and I should probably send him an edible arrangement for it. The best podcast I've come across in a long time! And you knew it was going to be something special just by looking at the titles of the episodes. And man do they come through. Get some emotional and mental relief that you're not alone in this entrepreneurial journey. I binge listened to their podcast over 2 months (now I'm caught up) - and it's changed my trajectory for the better. I'm really grateful.
@JikaJika
The worst thing you can do as a Founder is go it alone. This is the missing piece of the puzzle - a tribe that you can grow with.
Dan Martell
Serial Founder, danmartell.com
Ed Kang is the real deal. He knows his topic and is very open to sharing his vast knowledge on startups, raising money, slide decks, and also provide many other key insights. I look forward to meeting with him again.
Dano Ybarra
Founder
Know Labs
Total Raised
$35,700,000
Finally, I'm in a room of Founders that know exactly what problems I'm dealing with, and how to work them out.
Sean Lane
Founder & CEO, olive.ai
Treatment.com
Total Raised
$5,000,000
Athletic Greens
Total Raised
$115,000,000
I had continued community support as I then built out a vision for the future and iterated and crafted around that vision. And then finally, I've gotten significant support as I've gone about raising funds to make that vision a reality.
Braden Pan
Founder, Resolve
The 1:1 attention is insanely valuable. Attending webinars or trainings is helpful, but it can never be directly applicable. I've done office hours with Will, Elliot, and Ed and it has been game-changing for my pitch deck, pitch messaging, and actual actions I need to take to position my company for funding. Startups.com has turned into my go-to resource for founder resources and fundraising support.
Jason Vego
Founder, Bevz
Vevo
Total Raised
$50,000,000
Ryan was very quick to understand some of our challenges - did have some solid suggestions to look into, explore further, and to establish better product/market fit through ensuring we are solving a problem the client truly cares about and that can be measured easily and quickly.
Travis Hevelone
CEO, PeopleGrove
Arcimoto
Total Raised
$45,000,000
UNYQ
Total Raised
$23,000,000
15
Startups that have IPOd
Branch Insurance
Total Raised
$229,500,000
My Advisor listened to my problem, explored different solutions, and then provided different opportunities for further exploration. I would highly recommend this session.
James Wilson
Co-Founder, ReUser
Olive
Total Raised
$856,000,000
Lower.com
Total Raised
$100,000,000
Instacart
Total Raised
$2,740,000,000