Elizabeth Yin is the co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software startups & entrepreneurs.In the Past  Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit (acq 2014). Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.Elizabeth has previously reviewed over 20k startup pitches from around the world in the last few years and has helped numerous portfolio founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Her work and writing on startup fundraising has been featured in numerous publications including TechCrunch, Forbes, Huffington Post, BetaKit, and more.During this interview we cover:00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor)01:02 - Intro + Announcement  03:04 - Elizabeth’s Background, Past Ventures Becoming an Investor 04:18 - Going Through an Acquisition & How it Changed Her Life06:29 - What Makes Hustle Fund One of the Most Beloved VC Funds09:36 - How Different is to Work with Super Early Startups14:02 - Most Common Reason Why Elizabeth Would Turn Down an Offer in SaaS14:49 -  Trends or Traits Among More Successful Founders15:50 -  Growth Strategies Elizabeth has Found More Effective in SaaS 18:01 - Typical Check Size 19:03 - Common Pin Points & Playbook for SaaS Founders20:46 - Get Funding Outside the Valley32:20 - Underrated Resources for Startups 24:55 - Advice Elizabeth Would Tell his 25 Year old Self26:09 - Methodic Strategy when Thinking about Launching a Company28:42 - Biggest Challenges Elizabeth’s Facing Right Now31:51 - What does Success mean To Elizabeth Right Now34:06 - Pitch your Startup & Get in Touch with Elizabeth33:13 - Elizabeth’s Top Resources Instrumental to His Success 36:33 - The Future for HustleFund & Get in Touch with ElizabethMentions:Launchbit HustleFundRedwood School SaaStr Mr. Money Mustache Books:Predictable Revenue Funding Sales People:Aaron Ross Get In Touch With Elizabeth:Elizabeth’s Linkedin Tag us & follow:Facebook  LinkedIn Instagram  More about Akeel:

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