Stacy Chin, who has helped secure over $50 million in non-dilutive funding, says most grant advice for founders is wrong. The problem isn't writing ability but strategy: founders don't understand what actually gets proposals funded. She breaks down the real factors behind successful grants and warns about scammers in the space.
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Most grant advice founders are getting is completely wrong, and that's a huge problem in this industry. I've been in federal grants and contracting for about 10 years. When I started, nothing made sense. Then I launched Keep Your Equity, and I had to learn the space from the ground up. What actually worked, what founders struggled with, and what actually got funded. Over time, I helped to secure over $50 million of funding across biotech, hard tech, climate tech, AI, and so much more. And that's what I realized. Most founders aren't failing because of bad ideas. They just don't know what good looks like. This isn't a writing problem. It's a strategy problem. So that's why I make these videos, to show what actually works and to help you access non-diluted funding the right way while avoiding the scammers in this space. And that's because