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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company.

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4 Creative Ways To Finance Your Growing Business

YoungUpstarts

by Krista Morgan, CEO and co-founder of P2BInvestor. Anyone who has managed a growing business will tell you that there is a big difference between profit and cash flow. And if you have good cash management you can get through it. Purchase order financing. Asset-based lending. Asset-based lending.

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

Did I mention it only took the founder a month? David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. There is no fork.

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Leadership and CEO Succession

Reid Hoffman

Looking back, I believe that Jeff is one of most iconic, successful founders and CEOs of all time. Another of Bezos’ trademark strengths is his willingness to embrace management innovation. For example, one of the management innovations that distinguishes Amazon from all the other major tech companies is its writing culture.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

VC Financings: 1. Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School?

Up and Running

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. This can be particularly important for founders with “non-traditional” career backgrounds. It helps mitigate startup risk.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

Mint is the best way to manage your money. This is how you can determine if the company management is optimistic (good), delusional (sometimes good, often necessary), or just plain pathological liars (always bad). But you should beware of boards that are only the founders and their family and friends. Live your life.