Up and Running
APRIL 18, 2014
David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. David’s advice. Beth’s advice. Have a well-rounded understanding of business.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). He wanted to raise angel money. I was recently on TWiST with Jason Calacanis.
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Hearpreneur
DECEMBER 9, 2018
Literally, one week later we had secured seed money, established business roles, added on another partner, ran the numbers, and started a pest control company! Sales and growth have always been important but this year we decided to focus some time and energy on becoming a socially more responsible company.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.
www.businessinsider.com
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Google Ventures has made more than 100 seed investments, Maris said, including some past and present Y Combinator companies, and is making one to two new ones a week. Parse, one of the most-anticipated startups in Silicon Valley these days , went through Y Combinator last year and raised seed money from Google Ventures , for example.
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