View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. 7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different.

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

He blogs at pixelmonkey.org , where this post originally appeared. I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Andrew Montalenti. You can follow him @amontalenti on Twitter.

Cofounder 155

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 155

Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

A couple years ago, my partner Lee penned a blog post about the milestone benchmarks for startups raising a Series A round of financing. This focus translates into big top line figures, (admittedly) vanity metrics, and pretty graphs with less substance on business metrics or even deep engagement for now.

Seed Capital 212

Seed Capital Metrics Cofounder Revenue 212

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. Startup Lessons Learned season one : Every post from the blogs first year in print form.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

It’s also a great way to get inspiration for blogging. What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Why do I do it?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44