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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Every announcement – whether it was a funding round, exit or layoffs – was analyzed within the context that the tech bubble has definitely burst or that we’re still in the bubble. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. So, what really happened in 2016?

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later.

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

Version One Ventures

Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. Here’s the advice I give these teams who are navigating the tough world of hardware financing.

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Start Up Business Grants 101: Meaning, Funding & Tips

Board Effect

They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. Ask someone that’s familiar with startup business grants to review your application before you submit it. Put the due date on your board calendar to be sure you submit it on time. Economic Development Administration.

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Darnell – If a back-end tech guy can copy it, you probably need to build the business idea more.

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