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What every entrepreneur should know about financing right now

Version One Ventures

More money is flowing in from a new crop of angels, newly wealthy from a number of tech IPOs. There’s a lot of “easy” early-stage money floating around right now, but don’t get fooled into taking seed money if you don’t have a viable path for later rounds. It will just be leading you down the wrong track.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 There are certain topics that even some of the best journalists can’t fully grok.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Of course, upcoming IPOs like Snapchat will bring some added excitement to the industry. The fundraising environment is certainly tougher for later rounds. Looking ahead to 2017.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 If the growth is as spectacular as it is here and if they have access to cheap capital then they’d be crazy not to have raised VC money. million to fund operations in their first year of operations.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Tamp down the enthusiasm your naive family has about your “impending IPO” (honey, when can we buy shares? Many times it’s less. she’s so successful!

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. 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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Why the New Seed Might Be a Bad Seed

This is going to be BIG.

Do you think you make a better return by putting in a ton of money to buy expensive growth equity and maintain 20% or by being in a future IPO at a $15mm pre? in seed money instead of $1.5M You should target 18 to 24 months of runway post Series Seed." Yay, participation trophies! Why not raise $2.5M