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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

As a result, for a lot of these companies, Boulder is just a gateway to San Francisco. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. TechStars encourages them to go wherever opportunities take them. And do your customer development.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Harvard’s Big Moves to Improve Its Startup Spirit: An HBS Student’s Take

View from Seed

This is his first post to The View From Seed. Chief among them was an initial study done by EverTrue founder and CEO — and Harvard Business School grad — Brent Grinna. And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

That in turn requires more capital. In addition, the competition for and the cost of hiring people, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, has gone up dramatically. Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. In their quest for sustainable growth, the elusive dream for most first time founders is that first funding. High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going.

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The Missing Piece

Austin Startup

If you follow the writings regarding the Austin ecosystem you’ve probably read debates about the absence of capital. Some founders argue that Austin lacks seed capital, most participants agree that there is a lack of later stage capital. Founders pursuing big ideas are not the missing piece of the puzzle in Austin.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network? Non of this academic stuff.