Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 30, 2018
Smart entrepreneurs are rushing to humanize their websites, marketing outreach and presentations with inspirational stories of the creation, challenges and success of their companies. Did the seed money really come from tips you made as a waiter, or did it have something to do with that gift your parents gave you?
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2015
Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2010
At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
He’s been at it since 2005. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. I believe this is wrong.
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. The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Not everybody can, especially if they need to run with the idea to get to market. Pitching to investors before building is a waste of time especially if they do not understand the timing to enter the market. By now it is useless except bragging rights as traction and market disruption have been lost.
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