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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Did I mention it only took the founder a month? Most founders that get funded know their backers or have close connections to them well before they officially "pitch.".

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

Initially, you get funded by entrepreneur founders who want to develop a product, service, or solution which they think the market needs and demands. They are investors who provide you with all the resources you need, including seed money, physical space for your startup, advice, and connection with other investors in their network.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

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. This can either come from the founder(s) own bank account or from outside investors. They risk money they can afford to lose. high growth.

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Get a Technical Degree But Entrepreneurial Spirit

Startup Professionals Musings

Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Business networking is key. These days, every student has his social network of peers. Tags: entrepreneur startup degree founder business. Marty Zwilling.

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Why Kickstarter and crowdfunding can’t replace traditional investors

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. Are traditional investors really that great when you can leverage your social networks for cash? But, for startup founders looking to create a company built to last, is Kickstarter really the way to go?

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?

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From “Good Idea” to Funded Tech Startup: Building Hallspot

Up and Running

He is also the founder of Hallspot , a new social networking site exclusively for college students that has raised hundreds of thousands in seed money and will launch on September 27 at Thorne’s alma mater, where more than 6,000 students have pre-registered for the service.