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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

With modest variations on Paul’s pattern, this new class of mentors-plus-capital programs has grown to include TechStars operating in Boston, Boulder, and Seattle, Austin Capital Factory , deep in the heart of Texas, LaunchBox in the DC area, and a number of others. What’s special about these operations? The entry screenings are tough.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund may have the most Darwinian take on it all — always a surprise delivered in his warm, folksy Andy Griffith-like Texas accent. “That’s independent of how much money VCs have or how many companies funded. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature. Open Sesame! (A A little too late).

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

However, there are circumstances in which founders know there are potential serious milestones on the short-term horizon that would dramatically influence valuation, but they need to close their seed money now.

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