Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

You will likely need to raise more rounds of capital than you originally anticipated. Having too many co-founders will only lead to your eventual dilution. Below are some tips for aligning the startup team with the capitalization strategy. Be sure to leave plenty of equity for investors. Early Stage.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

He blogs at pixelmonkey.org , where this post originally appeared. It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Andrew Montalenti. You can follow him @amontalenti on Twitter. Startups die due to a variety of causes.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. Need for growth capital.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. Need for growth capital.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

It’s also worth keeping in mind that regardless of how the founders’ common stock is divided, there will be future issuance of stock that will dilute the founders over the lifecycle of the company. You can then work with your law firm to formally draw up founder common stock paperwork either then or subsequently.

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Rob Go

MAY 2, 2016

Dilution is the big question here. Raising a seed round half as big usually does not yield half the dilution at this early stage. But as valuations are becoming more rational, big seed rounds are increasingly more and more dilutive.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

If you’re an entrepreneur looking for seed capital, but don’t know any sophisticated angel investors, you need to hustle and build relationships in order to get “warm” introductions. When will I get my first dividend check?”, Tip #2: If You Don’t Know Any Sophisticated Angels, Hustle and Build Relationships. How is this done?

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