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Exploring the Best Free Crowdfunding Sites Online

The Startup Magazine

Lastly, note that using free crowdfunding sites provides an excellent cost-effective solution compared to seed capital or personal loans with high-interest rates. The social proof and validation received from having numerous tangible backers can also be priceless. Next, you’ll delve into some notable crowdfunding platforms.

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When Is the Right Time to Raise Outside Seed Capital?

View from Seed

A year from now, will you have gone “faster” and accomplished more because of outside capital accelerating the business, which justifies your time spent fundraising today? Do you have the experience, reputation, and network that make it relatively easy to raise seed capital? appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest.

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The Silliness Of Recapping Seed Rounds

Feld Thoughts

In this case, we misread the respect – or lack thereof – that a co-investor and an entrepreneur would have for the other seed investors and the seed capital that helped them get a product built and into customer hands. And developing a reputation for recapping seed rounds is, in my book, silly.