Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. So seed investors usually care lessabout the idea than the people. This is true of all venture funding,but especially so in the seed stage. Like VCs, one of the advantages of seed firms is the advice theyoffer.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Programming and Web Development Lists. Mobile Lists.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80