Imposter Syndrome in Fundraising + Fundraising Fieldnotes - 6.25.21

If you deal with Imposter Syndrome, you might make these 2 mistakes...

June 25, 2021

Hey - it’s Jason Yeh 🕺🏻

This is my Friday recap of thoughts I’ve had while helping founders solve their fundraising challenges this past week (6.25.21)

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Imposter Syndrome? You might make these 2 mistakes while fundraising…

You’re saying too much. Stop.

A variety of studies estimate anywhere from 2 out of 5 successful people all the way to 70% of the entire population experience imposter syndrome. I’ve certainly struggled with it in my career. First-hand experience has helped me identify when it rears its ugly head during fundraising. 

In a live pitch workshop for the last cohort of Fundraise with Confidence, I saw multiple founders make two mistakes that I attribute at least partially to that common affliction. 

If you deal with imposter syndrome at all, look out for these two blunders in your fundraising pitches. (continue reading…)

On to the Fieldnotes for 6.25.21…

In case you were wondering if the funding market is still hot😳

Fundraising is hard. Like, really hard. Take care of yourself…

Till next week. Stay adamant and be chased.

Jason

p.s. as someone always grabbing PNGs from Google, this is my favorite version of the meme…

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