YoungUpstarts
JULY 31, 2019
Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. This also applies in acquisition conversations.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO. Microsoft, Past and Future | by Gruber – crowdspring.co/1fQMMx3.
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Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
Raising Seed Capital. Most startup founders do not have enough capital to launch their companies and need to raise money at some point. The return only happens when there is an exit via acquisition or an IPO. Raising Angel Capital. Various terms such as price cap, discount, conversion to equity, etc.,
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. Instead of a handshake and “so what do you do” the conversation evolves over time and each person's unique strengths come through.
Gust
OCTOBER 5, 2011
In case it isn’t clear by now, angel investors aren’t in the business of making risky early stage investments in order to earn 6% interest on their money, or even 10%— the upside is all in conversion to equity—so the interest rate isn’t a major point of negotiation. These deal terms are simple but significant.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 25, 2021
In this conversation Eren and I talked about his journey from a small town in Turkey to founding the education startup Udemy, also quite successful, to Carbon Health and eventually Carbon Health's vaccination efforts. Here's my conversation with Eren Bali. We had to raise some seed capital. It's beaten.
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