Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. If they won’t do it, they why would I as stranger invest in you?
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 19, 2014
If you meet all the requirements, complete all the paperwork, and submit your grant application today, it will likely be six to nine months before you see any money. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 19, 2014
Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. If they won’t do it, they why would I as stranger invest in you?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. If they won’t do it, they why would I as stranger invest in you?
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. If they won’t do it, they why would I as stranger invest in you?
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 28, 2010
Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. If they won’t do it, they why would I as stranger invest in you?
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 18, 2013
The explosion in seed funding, without a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round (Series A), may mean that you can’t get a second round and will be “orphaned” or die. 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.
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