Board Effect
JUNE 9, 2021
They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. About Searching for Startup Grants. In searching for grants for startup organizations, it’s important to recognize that grants are hard to find, and if you do find some, they may only be offered to organizations that meet strict criteria.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. 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.
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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Googles plan, for example, was simply to create a search site thatdidnt suck. They had three new ideas: index more of the Web, uselinks to rank search results, and have clean, simple web pages withunintrusive keyword-based ads. For example, dating sites currently suck far worse than search didbefore Google.
www.reincubate.com
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
This isn’t a discussion of the merits of Closed vs. Open Source, but it’s worth noting that each Microsoft server costs around $1,000 to license, and their database software costs between £2,000 - £16,000 per CPU (most servers have two to four) to license. You can find this out (crudely) from job sites (search on Developer Java, for example).
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
schools have alumni databases that usually show what folks majored in and what they’re doing now – write them for advice or ask them if they know anyone interested in a particular idea you’re working on. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.)
pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. Google+ Chief touts the only thing Google+ is beating Facebook on — Search. Pando Daily. PandoMonthly. PandoDigest. Share on Twitter.
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