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The Pre-Seed Podcast with Fexingo: Idea-Stage Founders, First Checks, and Earliest Funding

The Pre-Seed Podcast with Fexingo: Idea-Stage Founders, First Checks, and Earliest Funding

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What does it actually take to get a pre-seed check written in 2024? Lucas and Luna sit down with founders who raised their first institutional money before having a product, a co-founder, or even a clear market. Each episode reconstructs the exact pitch, the numbers on the cap table, and the moments that made an angel say yes. Lucas presses for the unit economics that were actually in the deck; Luna asks how the founder dealt with the 40 rejections. This show is for the solo founder who has a slide deck but no warm intro — and wants to see how others crossed that gap. No success-porn, no generic advice: just the concrete mechanics of the first check, deal by deal. #PreSeed #IdeaStage #FirstCheck #AngelInvesting #SeedFunding #StartupCapital #FounderStories #PitchDeck #CapTable #VentureCapital #EarlyStage #StartupAdvice #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology #FundingStrategy #SoloFounder Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • How Pre-Seed Founders Use a Shared Notion Workspace

    How Pre-Seed Founders Use a Shared Notion Workspace
    Jun 29 2026
    Episode 80 of The Pre-Seed Podcast digs into a simple but powerful tool for idea-stage founders: a shared Notion workspace. Lucas and Luna walk through how a founder couple used a single Notion page to align on vision, track customer discovery interviews, and manage their cap table before raising a $500K pre-seed round. They cover the specific templates that work, the mistake of over-organizing too early, and why a shared workspace often replaces the need for a co-founder agreement in the first 90 days. No fluff, just tactical advice for founders who want to move fast without losing their minds. #PreSeed #Notion #FounderTools #StartupOperations #CoFounderAlignment #CustomerDiscovery #CapTable #IdeaStage #Business #Technology #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #LeanStartup #RemoteWork #Productivity #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ThePreSeedPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • How Pre-Seed Founders Use Micro-Acquisitions to Jumpstart Growth

    How Pre-Seed Founders Use Micro-Acquisitions to Jumpstart Growth
    Jun 28 2026
    Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive pre-seed strategy: buying a small, revenue-generating product instead of building from scratch. They break down the story of Bento, an AI bookmarking tool that started as a $6,000 acquisition of a failing Chrome extension. The hosts walk through how founders can identify undervalued assets, negotiate a micro-acquisition, and integrate the user base — all before raising a formal round. They discuss the trade-offs: cheaper than building an MVP from zero, but riskier on technical debt and culture. Specific numbers: typical micro-acquisition price range ($5k–$50k), sources like Acquire.com and MicroAcquire, and how to use the acquired revenue as proof of traction for angel investors. The episode includes a practical checklist for any founder considering this path. #MicroAcquisitions #PreSeed #Founders #Startups #Bootstrapping #AcquireDotCom #Bento #ChromeExtension #RevenueValidation #MVP #AngelInvesting #TechnicalDebt #Integration #ProductLedGrowth #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Entrepreneurship #EarlyStage Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    13 mins
  • How Pre-Seed Founders Use No-Code Tools to Validate Demand

    How Pre-Seed Founders Use No-Code Tools to Validate Demand
    Jun 28 2026
    Lucas and Luna drill into one concrete pre-seed strategy: using no-code tools to validate demand before writing a line of custom code. They walk through the story of a founder who built a waitlist landing page with Carrd, automated email confirmations with Zapier, and ran a manual concierge MVP using Airtable and Calendly — all before raising a single dollar. The episode covers how long the validation loop should take, what conversion rates signal real demand, and the one question every investor asks about no-code traction. No abstract theory — just the specific tools, timelines, and signals that turn an idea into a fundable seed. #NoCode #PreSeed #MVP #Validation #Carrd #Zapier #Airtable #Calendly #ConciergeMVP #LeanStartup #DemandValidation #Founders #StartupFunding #FirstChecks #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 mins
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