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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 Can Run Fake Door Tests

    How Pre-Seed Founders Can Run Fake Door Tests
    Jun 12 2026
    Episode 46 of The Pre-Seed Podcast explores fake door tests — a low-cost validation method for idea-stage founders. Lucas and Luna break down how to set up a landing page with a 'buy' or 'sign up' button that leads to a 'coming soon' message, measuring real intent before building anything. They discuss the pros and cons, using examples like a SaaS tool for freelance designers and a health food subscription box. The hosts explain why this technique works best for B2C or simple B2B products, and caution against misleading customers. They also share tips on driving targeted traffic, interpreting click-through and drop-off rates, and iterating based on results. By the end, listeners will know how to run their own fake door test in under a week, a critical skill for pre-seed validation without wasting development time. #FakeDoorTest #PreSeedValidation #IdeaStage #FounderTips #LeanStartup #CustomerDiscovery #MVPMinimumViableProduct #LandingPage #StartupHacks #NoCodeTools #BusinessValidation #ProductMarketFit #Entrepreneurship #Bootstrapping #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #PreSeedPodcast #StartupAdvice Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • How Pre-Seed Founders Can Leverage Founder-Led Sales

    How Pre-Seed Founders Can Leverage Founder-Led Sales
    Jun 11 2026
    Episode 45 of The Pre-Seed Podcast explores how idea-stage founders can use founder-led sales to validate their business and attract early customers — and investors. Lucas and Luna break down the specific tactics that make founder-led sales work when you have no sales team, no track record, and a product that's barely built. They walk through the story of a B2B SaaS founder who closed her first five customers by doing sales calls before writing a line of code, and they share the concrete frameworks she used: the '30-minute discovery-to-close' sprint, the 'customer empathy map', and the 'pre-revenue sales script'. They also discuss how founder-led sales doubles as investor proof — showing traction that matters more than a polished pitch deck. Plus, the hosts explain why sales conversations are actually better market research than surveys. This episode is packed with actionable advice for founders nervous about picking up the phone. #PreSeedPodcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #FounderLedSales #IdeaStage #SalesFrameworks #CustomerDiscovery #B2BSaaS #FounderAdvice #SalesStrategy #StartupSales #PreRevenue #CustomerEmpathyMap #NoCode #SalesScript #InvestorProof #MarketValidation #Fexingo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    5 mins
  • How Pre-Seed Founders Use Customer Discovery to Nail Product-Market Fit

    How Pre-Seed Founders Use Customer Discovery to Nail Product-Market Fit
    Jun 11 2026
    In this episode of The Pre-Seed Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how idea-stage founders can conduct effective customer discovery to achieve product-market fit. They break down a specific case: a B2B SaaS founder who interviewed 40 potential customers in 3 weeks and used those insights to pivot their MVP, ultimately closing their first 5 paying customers before building the full product. Lucas shares the 'problem stack' framework—a method for prioritizing customer pain points by frequency, intensity, and willingness to pay. Luna challenges the assumption that more interviews are always better, and they discuss when to stop discovery and start building. The hosts also explain how to avoid the 'confirmation bias trap' where founders only hear what they want to hear. If you're a pre-seed founder wondering whether you've done enough customer research, this episode gives you a concrete checklist and a decision rule to move forward with confidence. #CustomerDiscovery #ProductMarketFit #PreSeedFunding #IdeaStageFounders #LeanStartup #CustomerDevelopment #ProblemStackFramework #MVP #B2BSaaS #FounderAdvice #StartupStrategy #MarketValidation #CustomerInterviews #ProblemValidation #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ThePreSeedPodcast #NoCodeTools Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
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