Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
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.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
However, there are circumstances in which founders know there are potential serious milestones on the short-term horizon that would dramatically influence valuation, but they need to close their seed money now. Convertible notes and SAFEs are optimally designed for providing this kind of valuation flexibility.
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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. Because so little money is involved, raising seedcapital is comparatively easy-- at least in the sense of getting aquick yes or no. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." Thats nonsense.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
The problem is that many programmers have loads of talent with no product sense and business students have great designs with no way to implement them. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves.
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. Yet, you''re out there like you''ve got it all figured out--you and your PR startegy webinar on how to get covered in Techcrunch while your competitor is getting interviewed on ABC News. Growth hacking?
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