Version One Ventures
APRIL 30, 2013
Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. Here’s the advice I give these teams who are navigating the tough world of hardware financing.
Version One Ventures
JULY 22, 2014
The ability to raise money no longer determines one’s fate. With lowered costs to build and run websites, acquire and retain users, virtually anybody can pick up coding and start a tech company. If not, revenue from your customers will be your best source of financing. Is your opportunity at least $100M?
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Convertible Securities.
Board Effect
JUNE 9, 2021
They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. Grant money usually comes with limitations on how organizations can use it. The funds you receive from a grant could potentially cover the cost of hiring professional help. Other Ways to Finance Your Business or Organization.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. I’ll pay my own moving costs and if we don’t raise the fund you owe me nothing.”. Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. Not my problem.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
Learning everything you can about VC first is important for that reason, but also to ensure it’s the right form of financing for your business. In fact, it’s quite the opposite - making sure you have the same goals as your financing partner is probably the best thing you can do as an entrepreneur to maximize your chances for success.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 20, 2022
There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. Don’t talk yourself into a high valuation for the first round of financing for any reason…. The problem, of course, comes if the business fails.
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