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Why I cringe when you say you’re raising a $1.5m seed round.

Hippoland

Company A: -Raised a seed round of $500k -Now raising another seed round of $2.5m to expand the business Company B: -Raised a seed round of $2m -Now raising another seed round of $1m to expand the business Should both companies successfully raise, they would’ve raised the same total amount of seed money - $3m.

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The 37 Greatest Business Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs

Mike Michalowicz

Think B2B as well. 20 Use the Allowance as Seed Money. In teaching kids to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, you can start by helping them to think of their allowance as seed money. And don’t limit thinking to B2C goods and services. 13 Personnel Service. All businesses need startup capital.