Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

With seed money recently going into Workstreamer, Spredfast , Manuel Rosso’s new venture, Scott Harmon’s new venture, and it’s community outreach office hours programs, I would say that Austin Ventures is still interested in the early stage. But the financial markets have definitely raised the bar.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Social media participation will definitely be something I practice more moving into 2019. Literally, one week later we had secured seed money, established business roles, added on another partner, ran the numbers, and started a pest control company! Thanks to Deepak Chopra, Clearbridge Mobile ! #4- 4- New business.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

.&# And I think this line of thinking has started to become conventional wisdom as outlined in Chris Dixon’s excellent blog post saying that you need to be careful raising seed money from a large VC fund. I do think you need to be careful with funds that have done 20-30 seeds deals in fairly rapid succession.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

If there are four times the number of seed funds, the seed quality bar is much much lower--but what investor wants to say that to entrepreneurs? It''s not our fault as seed investors and definitely not your fault as the entrepreneur that you didn''t execute will on your idea which, honestly, was pretty mediocre to begin with.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT, I WILL DEFINITELY BE USING YOU AGAIN AND WILL RECOMMEND TO MY FRIENDS. When Dan joined as co-founder the dynamic definitely changed for the better.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? I definitely understand the BENEFIT of what you mention, but I guess the key phrase to add in there is “use your discretion and follow through with your plans quickly” You don’t want to put an idea out there and then take forever to implement it.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 20, 2015

Third: The definition and dynamics of seed rounds have changed. In our view, seed rounds are the new normal for most early stage software based companies. What’s also the new normal is that the majority of seed funded companies raise some money before their seed round from angels.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

You definitely need to clear the goal posts, and if you do, I think 9 times out of 10, you will raise a series A. Instead, what I often see is that the minute seed money is in the bank, founders try to staff up very quickly. It’s a tough trade-off.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. The market had definitely shifted.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. The market had definitely shifted.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! Definitely looking forward to your next post.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I'm sure an entrepreneur would like to think that they came a lot closer than they did, but I think the reality is that if you're already into down rounds within the first year of your companies existance, your future is probably pretty bleak and the VCs seed money is probably best spent elsewhere.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. Last I checked, the definition of friends wasn''t "people who can help you find a job." That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days. Growth hacking?

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

One must have at least seed money, or more, to get a start-up going. A credit union is a membership organisation, and, are non-profit by definition. People with a financial leg to stand on are the kind of people who start business and fuel the economy. Have you ever heard the phrase “building up a stake?”

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