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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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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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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. Be aware that the federal government often distributes federal dollars through state governments, local governments, educational institutions, and agencies, and you may be able to access grants from these entities.

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

For what they bring to the table, startups are indeed changing the economic landscape in ways that extend to job generation, innovation of products and services, and equal distribution of opportunities among businesses. Things You Need to Know About Starting a Startup Business.

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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. This includes how the product gets distributed to your customers and how money flows back into your company. He replied, “Well the customers are not acting like we predicted in our plan! Here’s why.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

Is the revenue dependent on a concentrated set of distribution partners or platforms that put future revenue at risk? They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 (This is called “revenue concentration” and the more concentrated your revenue the higher the risk that your revenue could decline in the future.

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Do the Math

Austin Startup

You want your valuation to keep marching upward; if you took in some seed money with the promised 10X venture return, you’ll hopefully be able to prove that you are proceeding on that trajectory. Maybe a desired distribution channel was more costly or less productive than expected.