Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
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.
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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crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Bygrave’s ideas echo a 1984 study by George Washington University. Myth #2: You need a lot of money to start. Businesses do require some capital, but this doesn’t mean that every startup has to raise millions of dollars in seed money. Successful entrepreneurs move quickly.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
One must have at least seed money, or more, to get a start-up going. It’s also quite un-democratic in that the deliberations on tax code revisions are done behind closed doors in Washington. People with a financial leg to stand on are the kind of people who start business and fuel the economy.
pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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. A source tells the Washington Business Journal that daily deals company LivingSocial plans to lay off as many as 400 workers in the US tomorrow.
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