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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

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I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. Note that if you can convince outsiders to invest you are by default not a “C Deal&# because almost any VC will at least do their prorata if you can find outside investors. Ask their strategy.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

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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). Let me explain: 1.