Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Maybe I need to do slightly later stage.” Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Investor emails. You want me to throw around my money like that too, bro? Hell, I send those emails.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Maybe I need to do slightly later stage.”. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Investor emails. You want me to throw around my money like that too, bro? Hell, I send those emails. Center seat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. Before the mid-2000s, we mostly had individual angels writing small checks from their personal capital, but over the last 10-15 years we’ve seen hundreds of new institutional seed funds formed.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. Because seed firms are companies rather than individual people,reaching them is easier than reaching angels. Just go to their website and send them an email. The problems are different in the early stages.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

That''s why I''ll probably hang around the Canary board a little longer than I would otherwise--to learn from future later stage investors as the fast growing company, now around 20 people, grows over the next few years into a powerhouse. That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days.

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