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One way is to get rated by Oddup  a research platform that rates startups the same way equity research analysts rate and recommend the shares of publicly listed companies. Oddup has seen tremendous success  closing a $6 million Series A round in the spring. For founders looking to get on Oddupâs radar   CEO James Giancotti  reveals some factors  the company  looks at when considering whether to rate new startups. Not only does Oddup look at the founders when building a profile they also analyze the startupâs investors  team and location.
During Oddupâs Series A round   Giancotti  gleaned valuable insight into the fundraising process  he  hopes can help founders who are facing the same situation.
âSome people look at fundraising like itâs a hobby. Itâs not. You have to put in a lot of time and hard work. You must also answer the question: Whoâs going to be your investor? Like any relationship  you want investors you love working with who can also make connections for you and help your business grow to the next level. Be selective and donât be afraid to say no. We did. Itâs not egotistical. Itâs about finding the right fit â explained  Giancotti .
If youâre wondering how to spot good investors  Oddup has you covered with their investor ratings.  Giancotti  said they look at an investorâs entire portfolio for their rating  not just the shining stars. By going that route  their ratings reflect the whole picture.
âI like the analogy that youâre only as good as the children you have â  Giancotti  said. âIf you have one amazing child and one terrible child  even though you love them all  thereâs one that really stands out. All the children â the startups â factor into our investor ratings. How many have sold? How many failed? Whatâs the traction on each of them? Youâve got to evaluate the companies that investors are getting money from.â
As startups grow  one mistake founders make is focusing on themselves at the expense of the company. When companies have a few employees  the founderâs involvement is crucial. When the team grows to 50 people  smart founders look to hire someone else who can grow the company long after theyâve left the picture. If youâre a founder going through a round of funding  stay focused on your company  not yourself.  Giancotti  also advocates planning early for how your startup will raise funds. âIf youâre raising money to survive â  he  said  âyouâre already out of time.â
When youâre trying to gain momentum for your startup and get it off the ground  youâll probably have people tell you that your idea is terrible. When you begin to request funding  youâll likely face repeated rejection. As  Giancotti  points out  hitting a wall shouldnât stop you in your tracks. The successful founders learn to take everything in stride.
âAs a founder  youâve got to take criticism as an opportunity to prove people wrong â  he  said. âWhen we started pitching Oddup  we had a lot of people saying our idea was stupid  it wouldnât work and that we shouldnât do it. Now the same people want to invest in us. Itâd be easy to be upset with them  but thatâs pettiness  and you shouldnât be petty as an entrepreneur. At least they cared enough to give you an opinion.â
Thereâs one final key to being a successful founder that isnât talked about enough. After Oddupâs Series A round   Giancotti  was told something that all startup founders need to hear: âYou guys are destined to be a billion-dollar company  but you need to stay alive for it.â Good health   Giancotti  knows  is as much about effective stress management as  it  is keeping your body in shape with regular exercise and a nutritious diet.
âFounders must focus on both their mental and physical health. This job takes a lot out of you. Even if youâre physically healthy  the mental part can wear you down just as much. You need the right headspace to be successful in the long run â says  Giancotti .
Here's How This Successful Startup Founder Says You Should Be Fundraising

A third opportunity to flag shooter  Devin Kelley  was lost two years later by a twist of bad luck when a Pentagon inspection of cases narrowly missed the former airman.
The Air Force said on Monday it had failed to provide information as required about  Kelley âs criminal history to the Federal Bureau of Investigationâs criminal databases. It gave few other details about the omission.
A review of Department of Defense procedures by Reuters shows that the military twice should have flagged  Kelley   then serving at a New Mexico base  after  he  was accused of repeatedly beating  his  wife and stepson.
If Pentagon rules had been followed  the Air Force should have put  Kelley  into national criminal databases used for background checks soon after  he  was charged.
The Air Force should then have flagged  Kelley   26  again later that year after  his  court-martial conviction for assault  which permanently disqualified  him  from legally getting a gun.
When presented with this account of how the FBI was not alerted about  Kelley   Air Force officials confirmed the procedures that should have happened.
âThat is what the investigation is looking at now â Brooke Brzozowske  an Air Force spokeswoman  said. The FBI confirmed it never received  Kelley âs records.
 Kelley  bought guns from a store in Texas in 2016 and 2017  although it is not clear whether these were the weapons  he  used last Sunday to attack churchgoers in Sutherland Springs before killing  himself . Authorities said  he  killed 26 people  including a pregnant womanâs unborn child.
If the Air Force had flagged  Kelley  to the FBI either when  he  was charged and convicted   he  would have been unable to get a gun legally.
Reuters has been unable to determine exactly how or why  Kelley âs records were not shared.
 Kelley  also narrowly slipped through the system in 2014 when the Pentagonâs inspector general told the Air Force it was routinely failing to send criminal records to the FBI  and urged them to correct this in some old cases like Kelleyâs
Rymer recommended that the Air Force send what missing fingerprints and records it could from his sample period to the FBI  and the Air Force agreed. But  Kelley  was convicted in November 2012  a week after the sample period ended  and it appears that  his  case was never looked at again.
Entering his fingerprints and other information in the FBIâs so-called Interstate Identification Index (III) would have been enough to flag  Kelley  as needing further investigation in 2016 when he tried to buy a gun at a San Antonio store.
The FBI would then have asked the Air Force the outcome of  Kelley âs case. The airman was convicted of a crime involving domestic violence that carries a maximum penalty of more than one year in prison  both of which disqualify a person from buying guns and ammunition under federal law.
Instead   Kelley  cleared the background check and walked out of the store with a gun  and returned the following year  passed another background check and bought a second one  the store said.
According to Defense Department rules  the Air Force should have caught its error after Kelleyâs court-martial ended when it was obliged to notify the FBI that  Kelley  had been convicted  and that  his  crime involved domestic violence
Air Force missed at least two chances to stop Texas shooter buying guns

Sayfullo Saipov  29  who arrived in the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010   entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan in connection with the Oct. 31 vehicle attack.
After the attack  investigators say  Saipov  told them  he  was inspired by watching Islamic State propaganda videos and that " he  felt good about what  he  had done " NPR's Joel Rose reports.
 His  court-appointed lawyer declined to comment after the hearing.
Days later  President Trump tweeted that  Saipov  "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!" and perhaps be sent to U.S. military's detention center at Guantanamo Bay  Cuba. As The Washington Post has noted  the president's "off-the-cuff remarks seemed to risk complicating matters for federal prosecutors."
After  Saipov 's plea on Tuesday  his court-appointed attorney  David Patton  declined to comment on the case  according to Reuters.
In the attack   Saipov  is alleged to have driven a rented Home Depot pickup onto the bike path along the West Side Highway  mowing down people until the vehicle collided with a school bus. After the crash   he  allegedly jumped out of the truck yelling "God is great" in Arabic.
Even so  authorities reportedly believe  Saipov  was a "lone wolf."
Reuters says Saipov's sister  Umida Saipova  told the news agency in a phone interview earlier this month from Tashkent  Uzbekistan  that she believed her brother had been "brainwashed." Reuters says it also interviewed an Uzbek acquaintance of  Saipov  living in Ohio  Mirrakhmat Muminov  who said that  Saipov  became religious after moving to the United States in 2010.

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