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Should Seed-Stage VCs Pay Up for Great Teams or Great Traction?

View from Seed

“As a seed-stage investor, should you pay up for team or traction?” So, if you are going to pay up as a seed-stage investor, pay up for team. Traction for Consumer, Team for B2B. In B2B, more of the distribution challenges for certain types of products are in the team’s control.

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boldstart ventures in 2014 – our ethos

BeyondVC

BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round. helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round”.

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Consumer or Business? I don’t care!

Rob Go

I’m going to focus on B2B” Consumerization of business software is a “hot” meme. Whereas B2B might yield a more predictable customer and real revenue from the beginning, scaling a company selling to businesses happens more slowly. It’s not viral. No B2B service has a Draw Something moment.

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How do seed investors benchmark startups?

Hippoland

These are some of the most important criteria to investing in seed-stage teams. Do you have virality built into the product? These are products that can and should generate revenue right out of the gates in both B2B and consumer ideas. Is the company already in the middle of overcoming regulatory hurdles?

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). I know nothing about viral marketing. And that’s ok.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). I know nothing about viral marketing. And that’s ok.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence. What will you find here?