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When Is the Right Time to Raise Outside Seed Capital?

View from Seed

The following is a real (but anonymized) email to us at NextView where a founder debates the timing of his seed raise: I met with someone today who said I should push to close a seed round before I launch the product. Do you have the experience, reputation, and network that make it relatively easy to raise seed capital?

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

Magic Graph: How Much Seed Capital Should You Raise? “At some point, an entrepreneur begins to exhaust her network, and her network’s network, and the incremental hours devoted to fundraising will begin to yield less capital raised than the previous.” ” (Lee Hower). ” (David Beisel). Company Building.

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What to Do When Your Business Hits a Rough Patch

Up and Running

I am definitely not recommending you raise seed capital this way—but you wouldn’t be the only person to have done it.). In my experience, the best solution to the problem is to separate the roles of credit control and sales. So, why am I talking about FedEx? It’s a commercial decision based on the customer and business.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. Once we’ve executed all the steps above, we go to VCs and raise seed capital of $1-2m.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage. Sounds great!

America 60
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Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO. Four Keys to Sales Success | Inc by Howard Tullman – crowdspring.co/1fkx7V6. Simplifying the UX of Your Sales-Driven Website to Increase Conversions – crowdspring.co/1fdzKta.

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Twitter Link Roundup #28 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples – [link]. Five “Old School” (copywriting) Tactics That Could Ruin Your Sales Page – [link]. Fun contest for young entrepreneurs looking for seed capital (w/ cash prize & mentoring) – [link]. The Art of Crafting Beautiful Stylesheets – [link].