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How Debt to EBITDA Ratios are Impacting Deals in 2025

Aug 10, 2025

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15 min read

How Debt to EBITDA Ratios are Impacting Deals in 2025

8/10/25 Benchmarks for Operators

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How to Structure Your Pitch Deck

Mar 21, 2024

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15 min read

How to Structure Your Pitch Deck

The art of company story telling

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The 2023 SaaS Fundraising Napkin

Dec 5, 2023

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9 min read

The 2023 SaaS Fundraising Napkin

What did it take to raise a round in 2023?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
If you want to trick investors, tell them about your CARR

Sep 12, 2023

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9 min read

If you want to trick investors, tell them about your CARR

Why CARR is not ARR, and how it eventually bites you in the ass

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
What does a Term Sheet look like?

Jun 22, 2023

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10 min read

What does a Term Sheet look like?

And spotting “dirty” terms that could hurt your company

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Cracking the Code

Jun 1, 2023

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9 min read

Cracking the Code

Decoding the Real Questions VCs Ask During Fundraising

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Steal This Pitch Deck Formula

Mar 21, 2023

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15 min read

Steal This Pitch Deck Formula

The art of company story telling

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The 2022 SaaS Fundraising Napkin

Dec 20, 2022

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5 min read

The 2022 SaaS Fundraising Napkin

Insights on last year's Seed through IPO rounds, all on one page

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How do VCs differentiate themselves?

Nov 29, 2022

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7 min read

How do VCs differentiate themselves?

And looking at venture capital as a product - Interviewing Kyle Harrison of Contrary Capital

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The game inside the game: PE vs VC

Sep 27, 2022

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5 min read

The game inside the game: PE vs VC

Breaking down the different stages of private market investing

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson

yo, btw…

none of this is intended to be financial or legal advice. do your own homework. call your mom once a week. and make sure to hydrate.