The topic was VC signaling in seed rounds — and how these signals help or hurt your ability to raise money in the next round. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds. Chris Dixon: The problem with taking seed money from big VCs. VC signaling in seed rounds. What are the pros of taking seed money from a VC? MORE >>

We know this: As many as a thousand companies who’ve received seed rounds won’t be around in a year — maybe six months. The number of seed and angel investors has exploded in recent years, buoyed up by a number of factors. “That’s independent of how much money VCs have or how many companies funded. MORE >>

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. At Viaweb we got our first $10,000 ofseed money from our friend Julian, but he was sufficiently richthat its hard to say whether he should be classified as a friendor angel. MORE >>

There is still abundant money available for early stage investment, but many of the rules have changed, as well as the processes for accessing these resources. Factoring companies can help you with working capital needs when your business grows quickly by filling the money “gap” created between new billings and actual collections.  MORE >>

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. PHP is insecure? Ruby on Rails doesnt scale? XML sitemap. MORE >>