Customer Founder Lean Seed Money 
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Passionate – is the company/product/customers the most important thing in your life? This is the minimum feature set for founders. Other Roles in a Startup Generic advice given to entrepreneurs assumes that everyone is going to be the founder/co-founder. Founders know they want to start something.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2011
By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. But when your only capital is your hard-earned seed money, every penny that goes out will be scrutinized painfully. A lean image is appreciated.
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Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. I’ve seen many founders not fully grasp how the venture capital business works and what incentives investors have.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 16, 2018
On the other hand, some founders *literally* aren't fundraising. Actually, I tend to lean more on the relationship building side, for a couple of reasons. You think you're getting this big fat check compared to the seed money you raised, but they're actually doing something more like dipping their toes in the water.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
TL;DR: Using a “tiered” valuation cap structure in a convertible note or SAFE can provide flexibility that bridges the gap between (i) what founders expect their company to be worth in the near future, and (ii) what investors are comfortable accepting now. Background Reading: The best seed round structure is the one that closes.
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
link] Lean Startups Blog – rants and raves from the startup trenches. The idea has value, but the implementation and design model you follow (customer feedback loop) is where the traction will come from. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? Dividing equity between founders » Home.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
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. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.
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