​This is a bi-weekly newsletter offering helpful life and work updates/resources for founders, funders, family, and friends.

​We have some good news: US Medicare will now cover telemedicine; doctors can now treat patients across state lines, and Nurx and Everly Well launched COVID-19 home testing kits. Also, we’ve grown our community by 33.9%! We’re at 1,443 subscribers (up from 1,077 2-weeks ago)! Oh, and bidets or this toilet paper co can take care of your TP needs.

​I also have something personal to celebrate. I’m now interim sales exec for Catalyte’s remote senior tech talent brand, Surge, and will be heads down working with my awesome team of 8 (on Zoom)! This means we’ll be pausing work on the First-Time Founders School, for now, but continuing to review companies for investment on Saturdays.

​Sending you an air hug and hoping you and your family are staying safe, practicing social distancing, and washing your hands.

​✨Lolita Taub
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​ICYMI: Check-out Notion's work-from-home resource depot, my real-talk interview with Crunchbase and Q&A on TheBridge.

​Shoutouts

​Congrats! Kristen for raising a $16M Series A round for B.well (portfolio company). Julia for raising $2.7M Seed round for Planet Fwd. Ryan for Techstars Anywhere’s new look. Roshawna for making TAG’s top 10 fintech companies list. Trish for Portfolia’s feature on FastCompany’s 10 Most Innovative Companies list. Congrats to Sam and Jasmine for winning SoGal Global Pitch Competition! Amy, Molly, Anne, and Ankiti for being recognized as trailblazers by Fortune.

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​Work

​Funders

​COVID-19 is stressing people out and some VCs are taking note and providing group therapy to their founders.

​Founders

​Some things to keep in mind if you’re a founder raising.

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​Should you be looking for capital from VCs or VC alternatives? Below is rough criteria that can help you answer that question.

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​If VC is not for you, or you want to complement VC money, take a look at the list below.

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​Operators

​Surviving and thriving in uncertain times can be tough. Luckily, we can preempt some things.

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​Friends

​Funny friends are must-haves.

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​Reads

​Addressing dysfunctions in a team is crucial to succeeding more than ever.

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​Opportunities

​These posts are for those of you who want to raise capital, engage in the startup-ecosystem, or just explore the world of startups-VC.

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​Resources

​What’s making quarantining tolerable? Below are cos that help.

​Ever wonder how startups track their fundraising process? Here’s an airtable that can help you with that and also provides a list of 1,000 funds.

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