Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. 2)&# it’s not fair to the rest of the employees who don’t get to take money out. I believe this is wrong.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. 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. It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though.

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

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