I’ve written a lot (and continue to write) about raising capital. It’s not easy. It never will be easy, but there’s a lot of information out there that can help you. Here are some of the posts I’ve written about how to raise funding, looking at optimal deal sizes, terms, how to pitch and more.

• How to Avoid the Post-Funding Trough
• Size Matters in Seed Investments
• Raising Capital and Lying
• Lean Startup Versus Raising Capital
• The Two or Three Things You Need to Raise Capital
• Want to Raise Money? Ask for Advice
• Clean Up Before Raising Funding
• The $250,000 Funding Trap
• Paying Yourself is Not a Reason to Raise Early Stage Funding
• How to Pitch Your Startup to a Complete Stranger
• There’s No Such Thing as a Nominal Investment
• Do Investors Invest in Ideas, People or Markets?
• Founder DNA – How Investors Evaluate Startup Founders
• 5 Quick Tips on Pitching Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists
• 8 Tips for Successful Venture Capital Meetings
• Venture Capitalists Love Sex Because Sex Sells
• Startup Fundraising According to Paul Graham
• What Does Your Brain on Funding Look Like?
• 7 Things No One Ever Tells You About Raising Venture Capital Financing
• An Introductory Guide to Startup Funding
• 10 Questions Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Are Going to Ask
• 5 Lessons Learning from Pitching VCs
• Don’t Try to Get Funding Before You Know How It’s Done
• Startup Funding Doesn’t Always Create the Right Type of Acceleration