SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Mid-way through the process, we took another cut at our business plan and built a model where $5 million would be sufficient to get us beyond breakeven. This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. In how many of those were you a lead investor? What percentage of your members are not active angel investors (i.e. Bootstrapping 101.

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