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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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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Seems like a hell of a lot of advantage to have, on top of a great founding team, when heading into a startup. As for the non-technical folks who wonder how they’re supposed to start a company, I feel your pain.