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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. This can either come from the founder(s) own bank account or from outside investors. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). They risk money they can afford to lose.

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Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money

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Share on: Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money. And raise a glass to the moron angel investors who created this mess in the first place and now are getting what they deserve. Lets All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Cant Raise Any More Money. Like on Facebook.

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Fundraising: Words of Wisdom from Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen

Scott Edward Walker

Each week, we share our favorite video of successful entrepreneurs, investors or business leaders on a variety of topics. The way I always think about running a startup is also the way I think about raising money, which is: it’s a process of peeling away layers of risk as you go. Marc Andreessen (at 12:40). “In

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Ian “go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge&# “join an awesome founding team&# How are you supposed to join/create an awesome founding team from scratch? Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. pentaxfan I love the article and picked up a few great tips!

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

www.businessinsider.com

Silicon Valley 100. Grahams startups go through a months-long process of coaching to help them build products and raise money. Notes like this are part of Grahams ongoing process of steering them through the thickets of Silicon Valley startup life. Silicon Alley 100. Silicon Valley 100.

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

pandodaily.com

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012.