YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Accelerators are mainly focused on helping companies achieve business growth in a short period of time, typically a few months, hence the term “accelerator” They support young companies by providing mentorship and seed money.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2014

You can then use the $1,200 as seed money to work on a new idea. If you’re going to let money be your primary reason for selling you need to be emotionally detached from the app. It’s simply an asset, which you are exchanging for money. You want to make it a no-brainer by providing all the information up front.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2018

Are they getting useful information out of this – information that will engender trust – or have I wasted their time? Did the seed money really come from tips you made as a waiter, or did it have something to do with that gift your parents gave you? All information is traceable, so tell the truth.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. First, there was the Industrial Revolution, followed by the Age of Steam and Railways; Steel & Heavy Engineering; Oil, Autos & Mass Production; and now the Information and Communications Technology Revolution.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

In contrast, in VC, not only are there very few near-term guideposts to inform how you are doing, but often times doing nothing may in fact be the right thing to do. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. Let’s start with the venture side of the equation, where we’ve seen two major shifts.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”. The process gives you a ton of feedback, everything from what needs to go in your executive summary to how you actually presented your information,” says Sean. “They were invited separately, and each of the three sat for the pitch and commented on it.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

A number of platforms that cater to startup players provide information, research, funding, and mentoring to help you locate and connect with investors, as well as launch your business eventually. Enhancement of retirement-related investments. Vision for contributing to societal change. How or Where to Find Investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The explosion in seed funding, without a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round (Series A), may mean that you can’t get a second round and will be “orphaned” or die. Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. As soon as you get seed money, it’s time to start working on the next round.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

Then we do our very best to make sure that they build a broad set of relationships that will be continuing sources of interpreted information, that they have a full complement of Mentors to assist them as they make tough decisions Well, here’s an important follow-on story. This process is not for the faint of heart.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Accelerators are mainly focused on helping companies achieve business growth in a short period of time, typically a few months, hence the term “accelerator” They support young companies by providing mentorship and seed money.

Incubator 40

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2010

We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. I said, “Congratulations, you’re not failing, you just took a three and a half month detour.”. Here’s why. No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5

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Hippoland

MARCH 27, 2016

Only 50% of an investor meeting is about storytelling / conveying information about your business. And, you can find all kinds of information on the web about what makes a good pitch. Although you do not need a deck to raise seed money, this is why I like to use a deck in my conversations with seed investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2018

First, in the early stages, there's a lot more information that can be gleaned about you than we can know for sure about the success of your company. You think you're getting this big fat check compared to the seed money you raised, but they're actually doing something more like dipping their toes in the water.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Chris Dixon provided some commentary on Twitter that he believes I missed “the most important point about fund size.&# He’s specifically referring to his point of view that entrepreneurs shouldn’t take seed money from “big VC’s&# (he defines them as > $100 million). And they don’t.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Everyone is so focused on search that they’re going to miss the bigger opportunity, which I think is making meaning out of the massive amount of information on the internet, not just searching it. Take a second to think about how much information is produced in a day. CrunchBase Information. Workstreamer. Austin Ventures.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

20 Use the Allowance as Seed Money. In teaching kids to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, you can start by helping them to think of their allowance as seed money. These days, we receive a significant portion of our daily information by blog. All businesses need startup capital. 21 Become an Online Personality.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Because as a potential A round investor I’m thinking to myself, “if the large VC seed investor has been in the company for 9 months and isn’t leading the round then something must be wrong. And I’ve just completed my first seed deal of Ad.ly ($500k) with another exciting deal I hope to announce within 30 days.

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Groom them, seduce them, inform them, sell them, persuade them, and get them involved. Money is a big topic and I’ll be doing more on it in the next couple chapters, but suffice to say, you need seed money to crank things up. If you can’t make the sale, well, you can always get a dog. No, better a cat, less maintenance.

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Guerilla Seed Money Small Business Partner 87

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

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.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

It can be difficult -- without experience building software -- to make an informed choice which is most suitable. But frameworks really do matter Above all, in order to make an informed choice of platform, consideration must be made as to the framework. PHP is insecure? Ruby on Rails doesnt scale?

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source GigaOM ]. - November 29, 2012.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

During an informal discussion, one VC encouraged us with some wild ass suggestions. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? We fine tuned the idea throughout, even got letters of intent and partner contracts before we had a powerpoint. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Chris , Yavor Ivanov.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 14, 2010

the overwhelming stream of instant, free flowing information available digitally) is clearly hitting the mainstream. Interestingly, the reason there is a debate is that the real-time Web, and Twitter activity in particular, is by and large invisible to the standard Web methods of traffic monitoring, information search and discovery.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Update: Part 2: Finding Your Co-Founders CrunchBase Information Seth Sternberg meebo Information provided by CrunchBase Tweet Next Post Previous Post Advertisement Now Commented Facebook Goodbye, MacBook Pro. link] Kevin Pruett This information is so obvious, but often overlooked or under-executed. yeah this part is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

If you’re a venture-backed tech company or even an early-stage business fueled by angel or seed money I assume you have a good group of board members or advisors who will give you time to be helpful and they want to be helpful. Provide information / context (15%). Provide information (40-50%). Ideal Board Meeting.

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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. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I'm sure an entrepreneur would like to think that they came a lot closer than they did, but I think the reality is that if you're already into down rounds within the first year of your companies existance, your future is probably pretty bleak and the VCs seed money is probably best spent elsewhere.

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