I’m excited to speak with Pavel Cherkashin in today’s episode of the How To CEO podcast!. Pavel is a co-founder and managing partner at Mindrock Capital. Pavel is also a managing partner at GVA Capital. I spoke with him about what founders and CEOs need to know about raising early checks. When Should Founders Try Raising Early Checks? I asked Pavel: When should a founder who’s just starting a company begin to think about trying to raise early checks, and what should they do to get ready? Pavel thinks of a founder’s new startup as a baby.