Up and Running
APRIL 18, 2014
Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank.
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.
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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. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 The advertiser who bought the ads might pay the ad network in 60 days. ” Quick examples: 1.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2010
This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2011
By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. But when your only capital is your hard-earned seed money, every penny that goes out will be scrutinized painfully. You can keep overhead low.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. If we invest the follow-on money comes from our non-seed fund (e.g. So we led the first big institutional round and partnered with Greycroft Partners and Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills).
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
But it’s ultimately users who will determine if the market is ready for social media driven two way search and advertising. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? Dividing equity between founders » Home. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Chris , Yavor Ivanov. blog comments powered by Disqus.
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