Demand Later Stage Reputation Seed Money 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Great reputation. Seeds deals.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build.
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