View from Seed
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Harvard’s original plans were scrapped following the 2008 financial crisis, as the Harvard endowment failed to deliver the performance that was required to fund the new campus. And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston.
Business Plan Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2013
angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals in 2008, with most of the investments being made in start-up or very early-stage companies. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining seed capital for your startup. Want To Learn More?
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 15, 2013
. “It became clear that although many of these low-income entrepreneurs have quality business ideas and a lot of motivation, they often lack the business knowledge and seed capital they to get the most out of their enterprises,” they add.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. I refer to this as The Venture Spiral (blog post from 2008). Stop living in denial.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 2, 2016
The climax happens in 2008 and the denouement continues on until 2011. Subsequently, Amy and I went on a binge the past few days of other media around this, including the movie Too Big To Fail (which is really about what happened in the fall of 2008) and Inside Job (which covers a broader time range, but focused on 2005 – 2008).
Steve Blank
APRIL 28, 2016
Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’. Steven : Nope, hubris.
Steve Blank
APRIL 28, 2016
Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’. Steven : Nope, hubris.
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