Entrepreneur Operations Seed Stage Southern California 
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. I do think you need to be careful with funds that have done 20-30 seeds deals in fairly rapid succession.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 25, 2010
. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.
Hunter Walker
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Starting out we really wanted to ensure we got our offering correct – could we effectively deploy capital + sweat + reputation to work with great seed stage founders for the first 3-5 years of their company. Phase 2 California + NYC (2015-2017). Could we ensure to support them as people, not just as executives.
Hippoland
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
Over the last year or so, I’ve been writing about tactical fundraising to try to help new entrepreneurs with their seed rounds. But, having been there myself, I realize that even with all the help in the world, it’s still really really hard to raise a seed round. So, I’m trying a little experiment here on my blog.
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