www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

These are usually insignificant amounts once a business is proven but can seriously eat into seed or first round capital. Seed money gets invested on something that shouldn’t be in use, rather than something provided by an off-the-shelf framework which won’t tie the business to a particular agency. XML sitemap.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » If you have an idea for a startup, talk about the idea with everyone. [.] The key is in persistent tuning of the initial idea after a lot of rounds of feedback. 4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.].

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. Just wrote about this at [link] Dave Hanna Sorry Kameko- digital life archiving is thriving. Tags: startupcto. Translation?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It really needs some rounded corners for that web 2.0 This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round. 1 [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: focus on what matters most [.]

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

ReadWriteStart ReadWriteWeb Channels ReadWriteStart ReadWriteBiz ReadWriteEnterprise ReadWriteCloud ReadWriteHack ReadWriteMobile International ReadWriteBrazil ReadWriteChina ReadWriteFrance ReadWriteSpain ReadWriteStart All Posts Archives Featured RSS Twitter Facebook Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets (..)

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Or the founders have taken on a small amount of seed financing, just enough to get them into the market. So the only way wed get to employ a team of developers was to either do a VC round (on the back of powerpnt only), or give equity up to another two founders, both of which involved a lot of dillution. Best of luck!

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

About the Author Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer and represents technology companies through all phases of the startup process, including incorporation, seed & venture financings, and exit transactions. Tags: startupcto. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Click here to learn more about his practice.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Tags: startupcto.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

And once you have done the prototype, get seed funding. D Travis Northcutt (2010-06-22) # Derek, One thing Id suggest adding - clearly communicate to the round 1 programmers that what theyre building is only the start of the project (which you mentioned), and that it should be built in a way that will make future extension easy and logical.

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