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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

One of the people I respect the most in the VC/PE media ecosystem is Dan Primack. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. They’re well aware of the conventional VC bias against funding companies which externally develop their technology, but they do have relevant skills.