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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). The idea of outsiders entrusting them with a million dollars to spend is intoxicating. Without funding most tech startups will die.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wanted to work in the pure, intellectual world of software, not deal with customers mundane problems. People who dont want to get dragged into some kind ofwork often develop a protective incompetence at it. Theonly kind of software you can build without studying users is the sort for which you are the typical user.

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