View from Seed

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The reason is that b2b fundraising is largely driven by data and metrics, and pre-seed dollars usually don’t get you to many meaningful data points. Some very early dollars may be required to assemble the early team, in which case I’d lean towards bringing on some angels who are willing to invest in a company at a very favorable price.

Dilution 149

Dilution B2B Burn Rate Early Stage 149

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. NVV: Lots of entrepreneurs reading this will think about the lean startup movement when they hear about pretotyping.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

Because then, when you go back to the same capital market for your Series A, and say, “We are raising this A to do Y,” you’ll have a lot of folks leaning in. Because of insights A/B/C, if we build D/E/F, we’ll grow fast in markets J/K/L, and you’ll know we’re on the right path because of metrics that look like X/Y/Z.” then go do X.

Founder 120

Founder Technical Review Cofounder Non-Compete 120

View from Seed

MARCH 10, 2015

If there’s any lesson there, it’s that you want to lean into what’s working early and keep going in that direction. NVV: What key metrics did you track to make sure you were heading in the right direction?

Mobile 120

Mobile San Francisco Curation Seed Stage 120