Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. We couldn’t begin any recap of 2016 without focusing on the bubble we hear so much about. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Quantum Computing.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

I caught up with him recently to talk about venture capital from both sides of the equation, investing for the long-term, missed opportunities, and how he gets good ideas. ** Let's start with something basic. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. What about in the public markets?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. Try not to take “dumb money” where the investor or lender supplies nothing other than cash. . Most of us in this world of early-stage investing have seen thousands of proposals, good and bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Not FU money, but “feed the family&# money. When you’re too far removed from renting a house, driving an 8-year-old car, worrying about how you’ll put your kids through college or coming home to a spouse who wants to know why you don’t just get a “real job&# then it’s hard to identify.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2018

Computing pioneer Alan Kay said, “Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.”. It’s about them. You should be a central figure in your story but don’t be obnoxious about it. Without one, it fades into the background.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 17, 2016

A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. The bigger lessons for us as investors are probably around trying to steer founders away from pihranic downstream VCs. You just don’t have time or money to worry about making things clean now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

“Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us. Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. As soon as you get seed money, it’s time to start working on the next round. Stay alert.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2017

More of us than ever are considering a startup as the solution to our career problems. It offers autonomy, creative scope, and the chance to pursue something you’re really passionate about. So just how do you go about starting a startup? People who understand your vision and are passionate about it too.

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Babbling VC

JUNE 10, 2010

apprupt The apprupt founders initially launched and received funding from us for Jupidi. To be honest, had I not known them to some extent by this point and had I not seen how "hungry" they were to launch something, they probably wouldn't of had a chance of getting an investment from us. This was before my time with Neuhaus Partners.

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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. Yup – this just happened to us in an FG Angels deal.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And thats kind of exciting, when you think about it, because allthree are doable. If there is one message Id like to get across about startups,thats it. They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. The Truth About Building Starutps from msuster. The Truth About Building Starutps from msuster. You have secret doubts about your co-founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

This move is indicative of the possibility that the traditional ways of going about making a living through a college education, an entry-level position at a firm, and steady promotion through the ranks is a dead model. For most of us, though, the idea of investors or even securing financing may as well go the way of the corporate ladder.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Colorado is the number one relocation destination in the US for skilled workers ages 25 to 44. As for Signpost , we anticipate growing our Denver office from 30 to about 100 in 2014. To quote Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Denver-based Convercent, “You may not know about all the work we’re doing in Denver, but you will soon.”.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Some Of The Most Important Gadgets Of The Year Will Be Announced This Week (And Were Not Just Talking About The iPhone 5). The Editor Of German Tabloid BILD Tells Us What He Really Thinks About The Greeks. 10 Things You Need To Know About Your Job Interviewer. and most of us are entrepreneurs ourselves.".

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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. How did you gauge that you were ready to go out on your own, and how did you go about balancing the risks and rewards? That’s #1 for us. It’s all about cost management. The end result?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how secretive should I be about my idea? My answer: you should talk about it to almost anyone who will listen. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. cdixon.org - chris dixons blog. Follow @cdixon. cdixon.org contents.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). million of our $200 million fund for seed funding. million is “follow on&# seed investment.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

He is also the founder of Hallspot , a new social networking site exclusively for college students that has raised hundreds of thousands in seed money and will launch on September 27 at Thorne’s alma mater, where more than 6,000 students have pre-registered for the service. I recently interviewed Sean to ask him exactly that.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. This is what I’ve alluded to here.).

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Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. This is what I’ve alluded to here.).

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. Sandy is a straight C nerd and is all about efficiency. In Meebo’s case, two of our friends, Todd and Cam, gave us a ton of pre-launch advice. How To Get There. Need proof?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

We are looking forward to manufacturing these pieces in the US in ethical factories that believe in paying quality wages to their workers. We started talking, seriously about the idea. I am happy to have more time to spend with the people I care about and the activities and causes that matter most to me. 7- Reading 50 Books.

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Through the process, people asked us three questions consistently and I will answer them here. We want to be in business with the best entrepreneurs going after the biggest markets and we do not care whether they need seed money, venture money or growth money. Why raise $650M? Isn’t smaller better?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. I recently talked to Baum about Founder.org and the key lessons he learned over the years. And execution is all about people—high-quality people. They laughed at us.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Pando Daily. PandoMonthly. PandoDigest.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 15, 2015

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. Try not to take “dumb money” where the investor or lender supplies nothing other than cash. Most of us in this world of early stage investing have seen thousands of proposals, good and bad.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. The Truth About Building Startups from msuster. Or DreamForce.

Monaco 122

Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 122

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

There are about 32 million left-handers in the US, you have a special product for them, and surely you can get just 5% of that market and have 1.6 He visited for a while, then walked us outside and said: “This is an idea. His language was actually a bit more colorful than that, but he made his point and helped us dodge a bullet.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I dont mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a dragon us. Lets start by talking about the five sources of startup funding.Then well trace the life of a hypothetical (very fortunate) startupas it shifts gears through successive rounds. Once you take money from the generalpublic youre more restricted in what you can do. [

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

It happened to cloth manufacture in the thirteenth century, generating the wealth that later brought about the Renaissance. Lots of Startups So my first prediction about the future of web startups is pretty straightforward: there will be a lot of them. One problem theyve solved is how to think about acquisitions.

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readwrite.com

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter. Share on: Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money. People are writing about this phenomenon as if it is a surprising turn of events. Enterprise. Share… on Facebook. on Twitter. on Google+. on Linked in. Enterprise. Hot Topics.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There are many myths about what it takes to start a business. That is why it is imperative for entrepreneurs to critically examine all advice and “truths” about startups. Fortunately, many startup myths revolve around three common topics (business plans, money, and unnatural hustle). Myth #2: You need a lot of money to start.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Which language should my startup use? Language doesnt matter Complex web applications can be built in just about any programming language, and its not really the language that is so important as the frameworks that are available.

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Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

My friend Jordan Cooper wrote an interesting post a few days ago about some of his predictions of the venture market in 2012. I think that over time, this is the best way to handle market swings as a seed stage investor who is a) playing in a highly unpredictable part of the market and b) has a very long time horizon.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

What are some common-sense tips for startups as they seek to avoid the “ Trough of Sorrow ” that Brian Balfour has blogged about? Say instead “hey, a good friend of mine is thinking about quitting his job and starting this company. Which leads us to our second question: Two friends and I are building a company part-time.

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