Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2010
Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. To get the mentors and the seed money, the start-up teams must clearly demonstrate what I call Moxie, the strength of character to play the game to its conclusion. The others go home, empty-handed, but typically energized, rather than defeated.
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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels."
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
also, like i said, pre-launch, the business guy doesn’t provide much value. after launch, however, having a good business guy becomes very important. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) get to know each other first, etc. How to get there.
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