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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

ReadWriteStart

Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. I believe Jeff Clavier and many other seed investors are in agreement with me on this issue.) But the right funding strategy for her is $900,000-$1 million, potentially from angel investors or small funds. If you have to raise money, try to do so as convertible notes.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I was bootstrapping the company and started with $5,000 that I had saved up from a prior summer internship. ” The options were to either go back home to New Delhi, India, or, risk getting myself into an immigration nightmare. For anyone coming from India (like me) or China, this mean a protracted waiting period.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

ReadWriteStart

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. Photo by emsago.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With MAD Incubator, Malaysia

ReadWriteStart

It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. I don't see a problem with this, especially since the services model generates cash early on, and he can practice our tried-and-true model of bootstrapping using services! This is also a business that has substantial revenue, which is wonderful.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects?

ReadWriteStart

I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic. They should be built organically, bootstrapped, and get to sustainability. It would go a long way in validating his assumptions and possibly also bring in customer revenues if the value proposition really resonates.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On The Northwest

ReadWriteStart

The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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4 Startup Funding Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Up and Running

For example, Bluestone , an online jewelry startup from India, was trying to compete with the traditional brick and mortar jewelry business market. All of these factors contribute to a scalable business model, which in turn, helps attract investors. Bootstrapping or self-funding. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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