💰 Meet our friend: The Kernal Fund
Hey Founders,
Our main goal at Kernal is to take startup ideas from napkin to market. So when your idea needs funding, we want to connect you to the right people. 🚀
As you may have heard, we've recently launched a Kernal Fund to make it even easier to fuel your idea. So this is where you come in: Show us your idea is worth investing in.
How can I do that? Give us 3 minutes and we'll tell you the top things investors in our fund will be looking for:
📈 Increase your Platform Activity
✔️ Set weekly goals and achieve them. Show investors you follow through. So when they book a video call with you, they know you'll be early.
✔️ Update your startup page to communicate your core problem, key customers and simple solution. Try the Lean Startup method to help you organize it.
✔️ Share progress updates on your startup page to share the latest milestones and learnings
🔑 Keep your startup page up to date but also up-vote, comment and engage with other startups each week.
Prove Why YOU are Worth Investing in
✔️ Update your profile to include relevant experience: showcase your wins and track record
✔️ Include your areas of expertise to position your strengths
✔️ Show that you’re a subject matter expert by commenting on other ideas and answering requests from other Kernalers
🔑 Update your Kernal profile so it's as trustworthy as reputable as your Twitter and LinkedIn.
🙋♀️ Ask for Help, It's a Smart Relationship Builder
✔️ The most successful entrepreneurs utilize the strengths of those around them. Lucky for you, there are thousands of talented and experienced folks at your fingertips.
✔️ Ask for advice, recommendations or introductions and accelerate your progress.
🔑 Try out the request feature on your startup idea.
🧐 More ways to improve your odds:
🤝 Add team members to your startup if you’re not doing it alone
📢 Share your startup page on Twitter, LinkedIn and your Facebook Founder Groups to boost the visibility of your idea. (tag @Kernal and we'll re-share).
👋 Connect with similar ideas on the platform and spark conversations with likeminded members
*Big exhale. That was a lot.
Now it’s time for you to build. Go give it everything you’ve got. We’re here to see you take your startup idea to the moon. 🚀🌙
Lastly, if you are serious about raising funds for your startup on Kernal, let us know by dropping a note to community@kern.al. We want to help stack your odds as much as possible.