I am an exited founder (Sora ID, acq. by CLEAR) in the process of starting my next venture (as part of South Park Commons). For Sora, I ran seed and Series A processes, raised money from tier 1 venture capital firms (Greylock, General Catalyst, and Abstract), hired and fired, scaled the business to 7 fig ARR, ran an M&A process to a successful exit to a public company, and integrated our startup into the acquirer. Beyond my own operating, I help young/first time founders go 0 -> 1 as an active angel investor and advisor (directly, through a small fund, and on advisory boards through Stanford StartX) . I've also helped ~10 friends put together seed raises from top firms (Craft, Abstract, Kleiner, etc.). I've seen the early stage startup movie many times and am about to play it back again for my next company. Would love to share what I've learned and join you on your journey.