Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

This means the overall costs of launching a hardware product are coming down considerably, yet hardware is still costlier (and thus riskier) than software. Instead of taking a year to develop and launch one product, it might be advantageous to run through four development cycles in smaller batches. Related articles.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But he chose to move forward with a positive attitude, raise seed money for his company, and network his way to a profitable future. Bootstrap your business. The best way to impress independent investors is to prove your business is viable by “bootstrapping” — or self-funding — until you gain traction.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). When launching your company there are 2 times to raise your outside seed funding, and one time window to avoid.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

Even Mailbox (which just got acquired by DropBox for likely a big number) I’m sure faced a trough of sorry when they shifted resources away from their original product (behind which their raised their seed round) and pursued what could have been yet another email client. The trough I’m sure happens even for every successful companies.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 10, 2013

With a small round, you’ll end up thinking more about future funding than developing your product. Many new founders think that because they’ve secured their seed round, it will be easy to find investors for the next round, and the next… However, a startup needs to demonstrate significant progress between funding rounds.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Is this person rifle-focused and obsessed by the product?’” –Ron Conway (at 1:17). I’m hoping that [the founder’s inspiration] is based on a personal problem that the founder had, and this product is the solution to that personal problem.” –Ron Bootstrap as long as you possibly can.” –Ron Ron Conway (at 1:37).

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Hippoland

APRIL 24, 2016

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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