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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

In their quest for sustainable growth, the elusive dream for most first time founders is that first funding. 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. Your strategy is to create growth with little or no money.

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3 Reasons To Seek Only What You Need During The Funding Process

YoungUpstarts

By Paul Jackson, founder of Worthworm. Some entrepreneurs will choose to bootstrap their venture the best they can, while others will turn to trendier options such as crowd funding or a startup accelerator to get off the ground. Looking back to its origins you find it began with just $20,000 in seed money.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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Fundraising: Words of Wisdom from Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen

Scott Edward Walker

This week, we present legendary angel investor Ron Conway (commonly referred to as the “ Godfather of Silicon Valley ”) and Marc Andreessen , a brilliant entrepreneur and co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Bootstrap as long as you possibly can.” –Ron Ron Conway (at 1:37).

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Busted or Confirmed? 3 Common Myths About Starting A Business

crowdSPRING Blog

Businesses do require some capital, but this doesn’t mean that every startup has to raise millions of dollars in seed money. David Rubenstein , co-founder and CEO of private investment firm The Carlyle Group, agrees that taking a risk pays off in the end. They had proven themselves before they received an investment.