Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
At this level, as a founder you feel SO CLOSE to profitability that many say, “I’m going to keep my costs really low this year to try and hit profitability. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 Simplifying: Revenue -.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. Few people have it. In the book they profile how VC worked in the early days (60s / 70s).
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Version One Ventures
JULY 22, 2014
More money is flowing in from a new crop of angels, newly wealthy from a number of tech IPOs. AngelList makes it easier for founders to reach angels and there are hundreds of accelerators and incubators to choose from. News Angel investor AngelList Bootstrapping funding Seed money Series A round Startup company venture capital'
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Not FU money, but “feed the family&# money. It’s that simple. I believe this is wrong.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. Few startups get it quite right.
pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
“I wouldn’t expect anyone except seed investors to complain about it,” Graham says. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. Sarah Lacy.
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