She Has Helped New Businesses Raise $41 Million in Startup Financing. Here's How You Can Use Her Experiences to Improve Your Funding.

Helena Murphy shares her experiences in helping startups get the funding they need.

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James McKinney interviews Helena Murphy, the founder of investing firm Raising Partners. Raising Partners uses expert guidence and direct investor connections to make it easier for startups to raise early-stage capital. Murphy claims her team has helped raise about $41 million.

Clearly, investing money is out there to be had. But what can you learn from her successes and failures along the journey? In this episode, Murphy tries to demystify the fundraising process for startups and help you get the capital you need to make your startup work long-term.

You can listen to the full interview here.

Related: An Internship Led This Entrepreneur to His Future Business Partner. Together, They Created a $250 Million Company.

James McKinney

Creator & Host, The Startup Story

James McKinney is the Founder & Host of The Startup Story, a multi-channel brand platform that brings the lessons of highly successful founders directly to the everyday founder. Whether it is through The Startup Story podcast or via the Startup Story LIVE event series, entrepreneurs everywhere can receive tactical and practical guidance from founders who are a few steps ahead.

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