View from Seed
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Do you have the experience, reputation, and network that make it relatively easy to raise seed capital? Given a mix of background and sales skills, some entrepreneurs are able to raise more easily than others – a decision about seed timing shouldn’t be in a vacuum ignoring this fact.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
And Mark Suster of Upfront Capital has a great post that summarizes these changes. The first big idea is that unlike in the 20 th century when there were two phases of funding startups– Seed capital and Venture capital–today there is a new, third phase. It’s called Growth capital.
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Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
If you have a technical background and you are focused on product development, consider a co-founder with a sales and marketing background that can focus on selling your world class product. Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Hire a diversified base of sales reps.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 28, 2017
Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Who sets the policy for token sales—management or the board of directors?
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 28, 2017
Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Who sets the policy for token sales—management or the board of directors?
Austin Startup
APRIL 28, 2019
I put that in quotations, because, as I’ll expound, there is a start-up industrial complex that is designed to fleece novice founders from their seed capital with predatory fees, terms, etc. If you really need a desk, drive Uber/Lyft for a day and use your earnings to pay for that workspace without diluting your equity.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. I also like to get a sale $$$ ASAP. We’re a mobile development firm looking to increase new client sales. We have two full time sales people and we use Salesforce. Once you’ve done that – then. 1) Hire A’s.
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