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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world? Reply Michael Durwin , on June 12, 2009 at 10:11 am Said: As I embark on my first start-up I’m continuously bolstered by posts like these. Thanks Steve! Reply YA , on June 14, 2009 at 10:48 am Said: Interesting. Blog at WordPress.com.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch

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They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”. He warns that although quality and prize money vary from competition to competition, they can be a great way to practice pitching in a setting designed for getting feedback.

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

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Google Ventures has made more than 100 seed investments, Maris said, including some past and present Y Combinator companies, and is making one to two new ones a week. Parse, one of the most-anticipated startups in Silicon Valley these days , went through Y Combinator last year and raised seed money from Google Ventures , for example.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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You’ll hear this story in the video. This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how did Mike get into VC?

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

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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. Wello connects trainers with clients by live online video sessions. Animoto Best of 2012 videos showcase your year. Pando Daily.