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What’s the problem with too much funding?

Version One Ventures

With the influx of seed money, much has been written about the fact that start-ups that are taking far more funding than they need. At the beginning, it’s important to do things that don’t scale, especially when it comes to customer acquisition. As Paul Graham said , “startups take off because the founders make them take off.

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What’s the problem with too much funding?

Version One Ventures

With the influx of seed money, much has been written about the fact that start-ups that are taking far more funding than they need. At the beginning, it’s important to do things that don’t scale, especially when it comes to customer acquisition. As Paul Graham said , “startups take off because the founders make them take off.

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Birthing the Start Up Baby

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Guerilla Innovation – Chapter 11. Until now the focus of this online-blogged-book on small business innovation has been a guerilla innovation mindset. Money is a big topic and I’ll be doing more on it in the next couple chapters, but suffice to say, you need seed money to crank things up. Birthing the Baby.