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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

pexels You need to have enough resources by having a seed-stage investor who will financially support your company in the long run. I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding?

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. In a technology startup, which most startups are, the foundersshould include technical people. The rulers of the technologybusiness tend to come from technology, not business. Its the same with technology.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors.

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The Future of Web Startups

www.paulgraham.com

Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Its a pattern we see over and over in technology. Standardization When technology makes something dramatically cheaper, standardization always follows. Google is the leader here, as in so many areas of technology.

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Traction vs. Product

Rob Go

I’ve had a couple conversations with other investors recently around what a seed stage company needs to achieve to raise a series A. You probably are quicker to build technology vs throwing bodies at a problem. Instead, what I often see is that the minute seed money is in the bank, founders try to staff up very quickly.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

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.