Dan Siroker: Rejected $1B Valuation on $1M ARR, Raised $300M+ in Career, Rewind AI | YUVC Podcast #13
Description
Dan Siroker is Founder and CEO at Limitless AI (Rewind AI). Previsouly, White House, Google, Stanford. He has raised $300M+ in his career. Under his leadership, Optimizely grew from 0 to $120M ARR. Now, he’s making Limitless great.
Dan made VCs crazy by releasing a public pitch that attracted over 1k preliminary investment offers, 170+ term sheets, 30+ offers valued over 1b+. More recently, he charged $100 for an investor meeting (luckily, we got the meeting for free).
Yuyan Wang: Are there any fundraising advice you could give to other startup funders in 2024?
Dan Siroker: The core of that success has come from building a great product and building something people want. Usually, that's the most important thing.
Now listen in for more insights! ❤
00:01 - Introduction
02:07 - What's Dan's next fundraising move?
12:14 - Is 10x easier than 2x?
23:47 - The Limitless Pendant
31:11 - Meaning of Life
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