YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Entrepreneurs need to hit a happy medium with backers, not giving away too much but not making overly aggressive demands. If a domain name is critical to a brand and the domain is not empty, the best course may be to find a new name.
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.
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pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Firms like Accel and Greylock and Menlo Ventures announced discovery or seed funds, while other firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz pioneered stealthy scout programs to give entrepreneurs their money, whether they knew it or not. A name like 500 Startups says it all. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
You used to be able to raise venture money based on an idea and a team, but those days are long gone unless your name is Ev Williams or something similar. It’s not that VCs can’t make money by investing in ideas; it’s that it’s so much more efficient to invest in companies with traction.
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