In this episode, serial entrepreneur, investor and founding partner of Anti-VC, Saleem Ahmed, joins us in an engaging discussion about his transition from an unfulfilling career in engineering to founding successful startups. In addition to Anti-VC, Saleem founded Jrop and Zown. Today, Saleem discusses what many founders tend to underestimate about building a startup, finding mission alignment with co-founders, bootstrapping vs raising capital, and how to actually generate revenue in your startup.

Key Takeaways:

• How to tell if you’re a serious entrepreneur
• Healthy partnerships with VCs
• Finding the right co-founder
• Creating mission alignment throughout your team
• Ensuring peaceful legal dissolutions 
• Issues with relying on venture capital for a lifeline
• Reasons why founders choose to go and secure grants
• Building a powerful network via LinkedIn
• Defining product market fit
• Bootstrapping vs raising money

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