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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. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage.

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Since government grants are funded by tax dollars for specific industries and research, usage of grant funds is carefully monitored. Violations can lead to jail time. Extend your networking.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. Operating Costs. And when you’re looking at even earlier-stage companies (as VCs do) you might be even more focused on customer growth than revenue growth. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. My next venture didn’t fare much better. David’s advice. Rob’s advice.

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Gust

For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Since government grants are funded by tax dollars for specific industries and research, usage of grant funds is carefully monitored. Violations can lead to jail time. Extend your networking.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. With direct customers, personally identifiable data is of most concern. Law firms that focus on emerging technology companies understand their legal issues from multiple perspectives and offer excellent advice.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. They make their products cheaper and easier to use in order to appeal to more customers. If you’re enthusiastic about these themes as an entrepreneur, investor, or operator, please reach out!