Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability.

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Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

We try to invest in companies with different “ paths to victory “ We’d like to see some companies that rely on viral consumer adoption. Although I appreciate and agree that there are major signaling risks of taking seed money from a large firm, there are also benefits.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Marketing 49

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. These represent the bulk of the people commenting, retweeting and liking your posts and sending it viral. That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days. Growth hacking?

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