View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2019

I found it helpful to be armed with information and had a general framework in mind, but we quickly learned that it’s best to observe and iterate based on the needs of your unique child. . As a founder of a seed-stage startup, you might think that once you get to Series A all your problems will go away (spoiler alert – they don’t!).

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Seed Stage Demand Early Stage Founder 166

K9 Ventures

MAY 31, 2012

Seed Round: the Hope Round. At the concept/seed stage, there isn’t a lot of concrete “stuff” (where stuff is a highly technical term) that early stage investors can look at to evaluate a company. So getting funded at the seed stage is really about who you are, and about telling a credible story.

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Hockey Stick Seed Stage Framework Early Stage 112

K9 Ventures

MAY 31, 2012

Seed Round: the Hope Round. At the concept/seed stage, there isn’t a lot of concrete “stuff” (where stuff is a highly technical term) that early stage investors can look at to evaluate a company. So getting funded at the seed stage is really about who you are, and about telling a credible story.

Hockey Stick 101

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Framework Early Stage 101

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

At early stage companies specifically they’re not about just managing your investors or putting on a show. At Homebrew, we believe in great boards early. He uses frameworks kinda like we do — not to prevent exceptions but to know when he’s making them. Solid meat and potatoes post about good board decks.

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San Francisco Seed Stage Cofounder Angel Investor 49

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments. Startups at this stage are still seeking PMF and scalable growth, so their long-run strategic fit with a corporate VC is often still in flux. 2) Is now the right time for us?

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

What should an early-stage startup founder focus on if they want to implement PLG? But for early stage founders, I think there are two particular scenarios where PLG can be really helpful. So for early-stage founders, those are the two scenarios where PLG might be a great fit. That's the foundation.

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Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2019

We introduce a framework of portfolio management to help them organize all of the entrepreneurial activity going on in their company and frame it around strategic portfolios, mapping funding and resourcing against their larger growth goals.

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Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 66

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin.

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Silicon Valley Product Startup RSS 263

Mucker Lab

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The webinar delved into the crucial topic of company culture for early-stage startups. By embracing this framework, leaders can transform their organizations into proactive agents of culture, charting a course defined by deliberate action rather than passive contemplation.

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Early Stage Seed Stage Leadership Founder 78

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

The term “early-stage” covers a lot of territory in venture investing, from incubating a brand-new idea, to investing in a Series A. At the seed stage, we have backed very non-obvious, non-pedigreed entrepreneurs, in spaces that weren’t obvious, who ended up being amazing. We can also help evaluate the market.

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Let’s face it, the rules for getting a startup funded at the seed stage aren’t very clear. Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. TVR: The traditional way of raising seed funding. The New Way , called Traction.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 100

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence. View More » Apple iOS 4.2

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Angel Investor Startup Social Media San Francisco 80

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

So are most disciplines within the investing world, but the fundamental framework and manner in which we compete in VC is pretty different. Even other forms of private investing (growth equity, buyouts, real estate, distressed, etc) have a pretty different competitive framework. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Author howerl.

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Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

My framework was a sort of triangle, and here are the three sides: a female computer scientist looking into a crystal ball, digital art [DALL-E]. Instead just take away this simple triangle to perhaps help you frame the compensation package from an early stage startup. And I’ll tell you that during our call.

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Salary Burn Rate Dilution Equity 56

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Express : Express is built on NodeJS framework. Web frameworks. Zend Framework (PHP). open source framework for Ruby. a PHP open source framework. high-level Python framework. Did I mention itâ??s

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53