Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

For example, a recent phone call I had with a young entrepreneur straight out of one of the most prestigious engineering schools in America he asked, “I have an offer for $400,000 in seed money but the VC wants me to agree now to bring in a new CEO.&# This company is doing its SEED round and they already want to bring someone new in.

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Board Effect

JUNE 9, 2021

They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. BoardEffect ’s board management system is the perfect platform where boards or committees can work on applications for start up business grants. Here are some more viable options for funding for startup nonprofits: Bank loan. Credit card.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It is, in fact, the best time to jump right into entrepreneurship. Many will sit on the fence pondering if they can manage the added pressure of a college startup with exams looming. In return, you may be able to get your hands on some seed money for your college startup. You just need to go out and look for them. .

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Law firms that focus on emerging technology companies understand their legal issues from multiple perspectives and offer excellent advice.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

As you manage all of the variables that go into operating a trucking company, organization will be key to your ability to thrive. Of course, it’s not all fun and games when it comes to managing your schedule as a business owner. You Have Access to Seed Money. It takes a lot of coordination to run a trucking company.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

It's been said that long term returns are bad, but yet, where else are these institutions going to put the money to get growthy returns? From what I've seen, smart instutions are extremely interested in backing top new managers that show progress. The truth is, there's really only one perspective on the market that counts--yours.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 Gross margins at 66% is fine (they’re selling through a reseller who takes a 33% margin) but their sales aren’t yet large enough to cover the costs of their IT development team + management + marketing + office costs, etc.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Have a strong management team who are typically proven entrepreneurs. Accelerators business david cohen entrepreneur global accelerator network Seed money TechStars United States Venture Capital' Take no less than 5 and no more than 12 companies at a time. Surround those companies with 40-80 mentors.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. This can set up a perfect storm if early-stage companies don’t manage their expectations and reality properly. Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups.

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Board Effect

JUNE 28, 2022

Start-up Grants or Seed Money Grants — Start-up grants are hard to come by, but they exist. Endowment Grants — Some foundations manage endowments for nonprofits that earn interest. While government grants are a good start, you might have better luck looking elsewhere for a grant. 10 Types of Nonprofit Grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Take advantage of inside and outside advisers at school. Pick an idea, any idea.

Entrepreneur 264

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Take advantage of inside and outside advisers at school. Pick an idea, any idea.

Entrepreneur 264

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Network Business Plan 264

Babbling VC

JUNE 10, 2010

Anyway, they passed on that, if I remember correctly turning their nose up at venture capital. :-) Yet, when Nils had launched Cellity, they came back to us to pitch this idea (together with Mangrove who had already injected seed money) and we eventually ended up investing shortly thereafter. Alexander and Eckart are super managers.

Software Review 64

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

With the influx of seed money, much has been written about the fact that start-ups that are taking far more funding than they need. For an example of how to do it right, I’m always amazed at how Jeff Bezos has managed to keep a start-up culture at Amazon despite it’s being a billion dollar company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Take advantage of inside and outside advisers at school. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Gust

JANUARY 13, 2013

Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Take advantage of inside and outside advisers at school. Pick an idea, any idea.

Entrepreneur 180

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Network Business Plan 180

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 That management team might have decided that they wanted to maintain more control of their company, didn’t want new board members and didn’t want to take dilution. Like all things of course there is a trade-off between payout out rewards to owners and paying out rewards to management.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The ability to manage a personal life away from a business one can be vital to one’s sanity. This could come in very handy when you need seed money or need to make several large purchases at once. Most people have the notion that one’s business and personal lives should be entirely separate, and in many cases this is true.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2017

Success as an entrepreneur takes a lot more than an idea, a dab of seed money and, as they say, a wing and a prayer. Today, his firm employs some 200 team members, and the firm itself is well known for its smart, innovative and quality work in construction and construction management in both Canada and the United States.

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The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

He quit his job to fulfill his orders and imagined starting a great new business from the seed money. He never managed to start up a company, and now he’s back to working a day job and trying to fill his Kickstarter orders on the side. What actually happened, however, was a much sadder story. Investors provide guidance.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

A company raises $1m of seed money from angels in a convertible note with a $6m cap. Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation. But in this cycle, I hadn’t seen it in a seed round.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

With the influx of seed money, much has been written about the fact that start-ups that are taking far more funding than they need. For an example of how to do it right, I’m always amazed at how Jeff Bezos has managed to keep a start-up culture at Amazon despite it’s being a billion dollar company. appeared first on Version One.

Guerilla 91

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”. He warns that although quality and prize money vary from competition to competition, they can be a great way to practice pitching in a setting designed for getting feedback.

Angel Investor 60

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. The investor strategy is really determined by the management team. So my biggest problem with VCs who do seed funding is when they strand or starve their B Deals.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

Business owners also have to plan, manage and monetize their time. So we have problem-solving, planning and management, strategic thinking, relationship management, accountability, communication skills, self-confidence. Real estate in particular is one area wherein many parents have already invested their own money and time.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

JOB OF THE WEEK: Operations Manager. Your Money. According to Graham, Google Ventures, a venture-capital firm backed by the tech giant, has systematically been offering to make seed investments in recent Y Combinator graduates, but only on substantially more favorable terms than other investors received. Clusterstock.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

.&# And I think this line of thinking has started to become conventional wisdom as outlined in Chris Dixon’s excellent blog post saying that you need to be careful raising seed money from a large VC fund. I do think you need to be careful with funds that have done 20-30 seeds deals in fairly rapid succession.

Software Review 283

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Literally, one week later we had secured seed money, established business roles, added on another partner, ran the numbers, and started a pest control company! My pest control technician came to service my house and I pitched an idea for a pest control business to him. We started talking, seriously about the idea.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Crowd Funding: The Internet is at work here, especially for obtaining early stager seed money. An entrepreneur utilizes online communities to solicit pledges of small amounts of money from individuals who are typically not professional financiers.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

You want your valuation to keep marching upward; if you took in some seed money with the promised 10X venture return, you’ll hopefully be able to prove that you are proceeding on that trajectory. This is a point where your really must be honest with yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. I know that eventually if your company is out of cash and you need the money you’ll take it even on punishing terms. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

When you find yourself faced with a problem that no one else has managed to solve, you’ve landed on a solid-gold idea for your next side gig. While it’s true that you sometimes need to spend money to make money, the amount of money you need to spend is where things get murkier. Cisco, Google in the early days, Yahoo!

Entrepreneur 69

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers. Many times it’s less.

Monaco 122

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

First of all, PHP powers a number of content management systems (CMS) – such as Joomla! Seed money gets invested on something that shouldn’t be in use, rather than something provided by an off-the-shelf framework which won’t tie the business to a particular agency. and Drupal – which are often confused for frameworks.

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