Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. David’s advice. Rob’s advice. I used several platforms,” she says.

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Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

There is a growing fellowship of special-case start-up programs operated by closely-knit, permanent groups of angel-mentors. To get the mentors and the seed money, the start-up teams must clearly demonstrate what I call Moxie, the strength of character to play the game to its conclusion. The entry screenings are tough.

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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. Project Grants — It’s common for grantors to fund programs and projects for nonprofits. Much as it sounds, project grants support a set of activities connected to a specific program or project. 10 Types of Nonprofit Grants.

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Government Seed Money Matching Programming 96

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Silicon Valley has long been the perfect oasis for that particular demographic (think: a young, barefoot Steve Jobs dreaming up Apple’s future while on LSD) to create and innovate technology that changes our lives. A quality of life that beats Silicon Valley’s.

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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. But if you had a seed program that guaranteed the next round of investment it would be even more liberal than an A Round investment and there’s no reason for that.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

With seed money recently going into Workstreamer, Spredfast , Manuel Rosso’s new venture, Scott Harmon’s new venture, and it’s community outreach office hours programs, I would say that Austin Ventures is still interested in the early stage. But the financial markets have definitely raised the bar.

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Intellectual Property Austin Early Stage Agile 79

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Interesting idea, but what happens when you share your idea with, say, a candidate for head of all your back-end and technology, don’t bring him in as part of the team, and then he goes out, takes the entire idea (including pitch details), and starts a competitor? link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise?

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. This doesnt work well.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Technology enthusiasts tend to get tangled up in enthusiasm for their chosen platforms, so wed like to provide an objective summary. PHP is insecure?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. I enjoy working on my idea, but trying to learn everything oneself is a bit daunting…especially programming. Not sure about the mentoring, though. Melvin Great post!

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Google Ventures has made more than 100 seed investments, Maris said, including some past and present Y Combinator companies, and is making one to two new ones a week. Parse, one of the most-anticipated startups in Silicon Valley these days , went through Y Combinator last year and raised seed money from Google Ventures , for example.

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Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Firms like Accel and Greylock and Menlo Ventures announced discovery or seed funds, while other firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz pioneered stealthy scout programs to give entrepreneurs their money, whether they knew it or not. SOPA author to chair House Science, Space, and, Technology Committee.

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