Remove Advertising Remove Lean Remove Seed Money Remove Valuation
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Figuring Out FourSquare

Seeing Both Sides

At the same time, the foursquare team was incredibly skilled at applying lean start-up best practices, specifically: Product-obsessed founders : both Dennis and Naveen were consumed with the product. million in its series A financing and kept the burn rate at less than $100k per month to make he money last. Advertising isn't cool.").

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors.