{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/653afa2bab9fa2001294baa7/662a5e0dd8674c001265ea76?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"GEMS: Raising a Friends & Family Round with Ghia founder Melanie Masarin","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/653afa2bab9fa2001294baa7/1714052577597-3858182a5d9c5d8aa10ee1671565f6bd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl.</p><p><br></p><p>In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes.</p><p><br></p><p>In this gem, Melanie walks us through the exact steps of doing a friends and family round and what you can expect if you're taking this route of funding - based on her enormous success raising in the early days of Ghia. Our community loved this little snippet and I'm stoked to finally be able to share it with you in this format.</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS: </p><p>Melanie Masarin <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/melaniemasarin/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p>Ghia <a href=\"https://drinkghia.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.femalestartupclub.com/courses/starter-bundle-ecommerce-fundamentals-57\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Female Startup Club - Ecommerce Fundamentals</a></p><p>Join the FSC CLUB &amp; Ask Your Questions: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/femalestartupclub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/groups/femalestartupclub</a></p><p>Join thousands of small business owners who are reading our newsletter every Monday at:<a href=\"http://www.femalestartupclub.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.femalestartupclub.com</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Join our tool and private community for small business owners,<a href=\"https://www.femalestartupclub.com/majic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Majic</a> [formerly known as Hype Club]</p><p>Female Startup Club's<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram</a></p><p>Doone's<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dooneroisin/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_mid=W9O2TQABAAGYeHveRP-xd6rDKqX8&amp;hl=da\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram</a></p><p>Doone's<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@dooneroisin?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> TikTok</a></p>","author_name":"Female Startup Club"}