View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2014

Definition: This is the case when a large VC (i.e. Series A Dynamics: This is a middle-of-the-road outcome in terms of optimizing your next round of financing. This tends to be more common on the East Coast where there is more of a history of firms buddying up with the intention of doing the next couple rounds of financing together.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging. But, also by definition, that just can’t be the case.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I continue to think that seed/angel investing is a pretty local endeavor, and even more so when one is hoping to lead rounds or be instrumental to catalyzing a financing or boosting the long-term prospects of a company. Which is why I’m pretty psyched about Angelist syndicates, especially in relation to the Boston startup community.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds. The entire funding progression of startups pushed out to the right.

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Genuine VC

JULY 30, 2012

Sharing these expectations early in potential lead investor discussions fundamentally qualifies the conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner or reducing options to maximize a financing process outcome. But, also by definition, that just can’t be the case. Above market.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

When we talk about seeds, we mean your first outside round of financing at the earliest stages of your business. We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. After all, our startup is on a fixed budget. October 21, 2008 8:40 PM Eric said.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

However, I view pari passu as a more intrinsic definition that goes beyond simple legal definitions. Startup outcomes tend to be very binary. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

When we talk about seeds, we mean your first outside round of financing at the earliest stages of your business. We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. in place before you expand.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. million in venture financing. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. In the startup world, this itself perhaps isn’t uncommon, but what made Kohort’s story unique is the fact that those thousands of users had no idea what Kohort was when they signed up. Here are four tricks startups have used to make it happen.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TL;DR: In a market that has historically idolized huge, splashy financings and exits, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are realizing that everyone else’s definition of success — particularly among certain large VCs — isn’t necessarily aligned with their own. And large checks require very large exits to achieve good returns.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

While it’s definitely great technology, as far as I’m aware the primary focus of Appcelerator is not the use of HTML5 to generate a cross-platform mobile experience but rather to generate a native UI from a single set of javascript source files. Have an account?

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

The above was the opening salvo of a controversial tweetstorm yesterday by my former student and 500 Startups founding partner, Dave McClure (full venom below). It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Companies should take social media seriously …it’s definitely here to stay! Latest Startups News. Money and Finance Lists. Startups Lists. World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. I’m surprised more aren’t better at this… January 15, 2012 14:50:14. Movie Lists.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Now I’m definitely using them for my work. It’s still in Beta (I believe there’s a scheduled release at the end of the month) but it’s definitely worth checking out and playing around with. Latest Startups News. Pinterest: Everything You Wanted to Know About 2012′s Hottest Startup [INFOGRAPHIC].

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 11, 2015

2014 was a great year for Homebrew (or at least I *think* it was – check back in 10 years and I’ll tell you definitively). Bunch of new companies (currently 17 core investments) and five of our earlier startups raised additional financing. That’s what being a ‘partner of conviction’ means.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

16 Tips for Picking the Perfect Startup Name. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. This article is the second in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Wednesday, we discussed why your startup’s name matters , and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing and buying domains.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Varying your anchor text is definitely a must in case you are “building” links. Latest Startups News. Money and Finance Lists. Startups Lists. July 4, 2012 08:04:04. Flag this comment. SubmitComfort. Activity From People I Follow. Latest Social Media News. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. Web Video Roundup.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

I don’t want to thump my own chest, but I was definitely ahead of the curve in seeing this issue. Have an account? May 24, 2011 14:13:21 Reply 0 Flag this comment AlphaSoftware Follow Bravo for writing about this! I started writing about this subject on my blog in March.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee. Well, for one thing, being lucky enough to have a startup that covers a particular area of tech Google is curious about right now (and naturally keeps close to its chest). Like Tweet. or Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Here is the Wikipedia definition of a bubble. “Trade in an asset at a price that strongly deviates from an asset’s intrinsic value” The arguments against that, “This time the startups have real revenues!” The definition of a bubble from Investopedia. ” How elegantly stated.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Why Your Startup’s Name Matters. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. SEE ALSO: Want Your Startup Name in the Dictionary?

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. Latest Startups News. Money and Finance Lists. Startups Lists. How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud. June 29, 2012 by David Schoenbach. Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share. The cloud is where it’s at. Today in Mobile.

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