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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. Before the mid-2000s, we mostly had individual angels writing small checks from their personal capital, but over the last 10-15 years we’ve seen hundreds of new institutional seed funds formed.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. ” In off the record conversations, many angels have expressed the urgency of self-discipline. If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. By Nathaniel Mott.

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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. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build.