2005 Business Model Revenue Seed Money 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels."
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
also, like i said, pre-launch, the business guy doesn’t provide much value. after launch, however, having a good business guy becomes very important. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) get to know each other first, etc. How to get there.
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