Remove Later Stage Remove Reputation Remove Seed Money Remove Syndication
article thumbnail

Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

Both Sides of the Table

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Great reputation. Seeds deals.

article thumbnail

How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

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.