Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. Will the average person care which language you wrote your program in? The irony hurts.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

A common test would be a viral entry or a viral attachment assay. On the one hand, I do think that there's a role for basically high risk tolerance faster, like early stage investment mentality and research and academia. Any venture capitalist will tell you, "That's why we take a wide spectrum of that at the seed stage."

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

View from Seed

OCTOBER 18, 2017

How Can Seed-Stage Startups Become Ubiquitous or Habitual? But this is difficult even for mature companies to accomplish, and most early-stage companies are just trying to succeed in one dimension. The focus of these businesses also tends to be quite different at the seed stage depending on which axis you lie.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Check out our starter program.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

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.

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