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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

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I think that the number of players in this devloping class of what I’d call “Micro VCs” will continue to increase over the coming years: the model fits into an opportunity on the capital supply side, as well as more importantly becomes the right product for many entrepreneurs on the demand side. Structural.

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The Startup Offsite

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The challenge with startup offsites is all of the demands of a company of this nature don’t stop that day. An offsite reminds people of bigger picture and helps with intrinsic motivation. And yes, it can build a team atmosphere even without water-baloon toss.

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Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

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We live in a demand-constrained world and if, with your Seed capital, you can show overwhelming top-level pull (whether consumer or businesses adoption), Series A investors can convince themselves that the rest will fall into place over time. Generate Real Revenue.

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Start Your Marketplace Engines

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One way to jump-start a marketplace with sellers is to attract them to a platform with carrots other than buyer demand. As a general rule, once a true market is going, I’ve observed that the supply-side often increases in step-functions, while the demand-side grows incrementally.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

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Like any economic transaction, the pricing of a startup’s seed round ultimately depends on the equation of perceived supply (the quality of the team, product, & market) and demand (how many competitive alternatives there are to any one given funder, including non-consumption).

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Announcing Our Investment in Renoviso

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In a world of consumer-centric on-demand services, it didn’t seem like it should be this way. To top it off, there was a dispute about the final cost given the scope of work. Eventually everything was completed and resolved, but not after an extremely frustrating and delayed process.

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Are We Entering 2013 in Crunch-Mode?

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The CB Insights report specifically which came out just before the holidays put a bright light on the supply-demand imbalance of the seed-stage companies searching for Series A capital.