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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

In the software space, it is commonly accepted that barriers to entry are no longer created by patents or by tech differentiation alone, but by superior traction in the marketplace. For example, Softtech and True Ventures funded FitBit. Patents versus traction. One could argue that the same development will hold true in the hardware space.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand.

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