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Should you raise on convertible notes or do an equity round?

Hippoland

A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. Just do a Google search. In general, I’m a big fan of convertible notes or convertible securities for seed stage founders. This should be basically free.

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Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch

Up and Running

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. I need money for the servers. I can’t tell you how frequently teams of three business school students tell me they’re going to start the next great consumer Internet company. The New MacBook Air Is That Good.