Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 10, 2010

My partner Seth Levine has a detailed post up today titled Trada – from the beginning that describes the creation and financing of Trada. Tags: Seed Financing angel financing Foundry Group seed trada VC. The meat of the funding story follows: “Of course coming up with the idea is the easy part.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

However, Deborah is looking for ways to sell her low carbon footprint green house technology to producers, and is in conversations with producers in Senegal and India. The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing. Jimmy asked if he should be raising money at this point.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

do not think being friends or relatives reduces the need for these difficult and/or awkward conversations. Your Business Partner Closer,&# was a reformatted version of a blog post titled “Keep Your Startup Co-Founder Closer&# which appeared in Ryan Roberts PC’s blog for startups and entrepreneurs, The Startup [.]

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As lawyer Scott Edward Walker wrote earlier this year, because of this “Convertible notes are ticking time bombs: if the maturity date is reached, and there hasn’t been a Series A round (triggering the automatic conversion of the notes into shares of preferred stock), there is the potential for disaster.” More on TechCrunch TV.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In 1M/1M, we offer a case-study-based online educational program, video lectures, and methodology, online strategy consulting at public and private online roundtables, as well as introductions to customers, channel partners and investors (pre-seed, seed, angel, VC, bank, alternative financing). Numerous lessons.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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