Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. And I’ve just completed my first seed deal of Ad.ly ($500k) with another exciting deal I hope to announce within 30 days.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Other Roles in a Startup Generic advice given to entrepreneurs assumes that everyone is going to be the founder/co-founder. Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world? Reply Revue de presse | Simple Entrepreneur , on September 16, 2009 at 10:09 pm Said: [.] But make sure it fits who you are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thus the venture capital industry isn’t dead yet, despite all the rumors, and more startups are getting money, even at Series A and later levels. The explosion in seed funding, without a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round (Series A), may mean that you can’t get a second round and will be “orphaned” or die.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

percent, typical tech worker income tax in Denver is half of that in California (9.3 Entrepreneur Insider United States Analysis and Opinion' Denver residents enjoy a significantly lower cost of living; housing costs are half that of the SF Bay Area while utilities, food, transportation and healthcare are 15 to 25 percent less.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2013

My team at Duke University worked with Raj Aggarwal of University of Akron and Krisztina Holly at the University of Southern California to research the backgrounds of 549 entrepreneurs whose companies had made it past the begging-for-seed-money stage and were generating real revenue.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. The number of seed and angel investors has exploded in recent years, buoyed up by a number of factors. At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. A name like 500 Startups says it all.

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