The 10 ways I f**ked up fundraising

Mistakes and lessons learnt from our pre-seed funding round

Hector Hughes

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I run Unplugged, a startup providing a digital detox at cabins an hour from city life. In early 2021- by nothing short of a miracle- we closed a funding round.

I say “nothing short of a miracle” as I was on fundraising duty. And I f**ked up. A lot.

The good thing abut fundraising is the near-instant feedback, meaning the f**kups are painfully obvious but can also be dealt with. We ended up bringing some wonderful…

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Hector Hughes

Providing a digital detox in the countryside around London with Unplugged. I write a weekly email on the lessons learnt at: https://unplugging.substack.com/