David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage. Once we’ve executed all the steps above, we go to VCs and raise seed capital of $1-2m. Source for the tweet which began this blog: Uber’s first employee, who’s now a billionaire, credits his success to this 1 tweet. We’re off to the races!

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2015

In the last six months, we’ve been asked and answered several key questions about seed-stage startups and raising seed capital. When we first launched this blog, we considered it a “physical” representation of our mission at NextView: Help founders give their companies the best possible start.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2019

A number of blog posts recently have mentioned this, but we seem to be experiencing a rise in repeat founders starting new businesses and raising seed capital. We’re also seeing a wave of folks who were not founders, but were star players among the first 25 folks at a unicorn company also starting new companies.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Paul Graham, another notable investor and co-founder of seed capital firm, Y Combinator, looks for the equivalent of “passion” before deciding whether or not to invest in a founder. " If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It appeared first on Bplans Blog. The post Got "Founder Fit?"

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Rob Go

MAY 14, 2012

Sure, there is more availability of seed capital in the past, although if you watch carefully, you will notice that most of the elite seed funds have slowed down their pace considerably over the last 12 months. But it’s much easier to identify authentic entrepreneurs going after non-obvious opportunities.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

– NextView blog. – Checklist: Critical to-do’s immediately after raising seed capital. Example Blog Resources: – How & Why to Hire a COO. – Should startups blog? – Why raise seed vs jump to Series A? Example Pillar Resources: – Traction podcast.

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Gust

MARCH 11, 2014

Despite the noisy data, it’s reasonable to conclude the financing market has become more competitive, driven by an increase in the total number of startups raising seed capital and a relatively constant inflow of capital into venture capital. Originally posted by Tomasz Tunguz on his blog, www.tomtunguz.com.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. In a past blog post, I characterized four winning strategies which startups could employ to successfully raise a Series A. They may not raise Series A quicker, but they’re more likely to raise more dollars.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

With the atomization of seed and an increasing number of rounds prior to Series A (pre-seed, seed, super-seed, etc.), there often isn’t one seminal round to announce.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you.

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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. Among the most common methods of funding used by startups when raising seed capital is “Convertible Debt Financing.” About The Author.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 22, 2014

I love this trend and have a longer form blog coming on the subject – which I think is massive positive force in the startup ecosystem. Your job is to put in seed capital. The company’s job is to grow the business and find new capital. But this post is much shorter and to the point. You should be in love.

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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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. Startup Lessons Learned season one : Every post from the blogs first year in print form.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. It’s OK to push out extra ones on your website or blog. Just don’t spam people.

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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.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

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? This book includes: An overview of the angel investor process and who they are. The milestones angel investors look for when evaluating your business.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In recent years, startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, TechStars or 500 Startups, blogs including Venture Hacks, Fred Wilson’s A VC and Mark Suster’s Both Sides of the Table, and other resources have contributed to closing this knowledge gap. See my blogroll for links to many of the best resources.)

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Almost each one of us reading this blog has a business idea that we are convinced can be the next big thing. Most businesses – online or offline, need seed capital to get established and without access to these funds, launching a business can seem like an improbable dream.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

It’s a world that doesn’t fit our seed-focused model and fund strategy. Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies.

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David Cohen

JULY 29, 2015

There is four times as much seed capital in the venture market this year as there was 1 year ago. Because of this, it’s easier to attract seed funding than it has been in the past. The founders shut the business down, and either take a job or go out and start a new company with more of that plentiful seed funding.

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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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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 22, 2014

I love this trend and have a longer form blog coming on the subject – which I think is massive positive force in the startup ecosystem. Your job is to put in seed capital. The company’s job is to grow the business and find new capital. But this post is much shorter and to the point. You should be in love.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Today he is the founder of M34 Capital , a seed capital fund that focuses on early-stage projects being spun out of academic and corporate research labs. There was a blog post that you wrote … describing the first class at Stanford. Listen to my entire interview with Errol: If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

And lastly, a chunk of our CEO Reid Hoffman’s equity was attributed to the fact that he provided the initial ~$750K in seed capital for the company. Next, those that were forgoing some or all salary prior to Series A got an additional chunk for that.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board. Market Validation.

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Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

wealthy, verified investors), the lifting of the ban on general solicitation has allowed investors to publicly advertise that they are raising capital, be it on their blog, Twitter, Facebook, or crowdfunding site such as AngelList. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. Want To Learn More?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. Today, there is still seed capital to be found, but you have to show the investors (especially very early stage investors) that you have a viable business.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 24, 2018

If you follow the writings regarding the Austin ecosystem you’ve probably read debates about the absence of capital. Some founders argue that Austin lacks seed capital, most participants agree that there is a lack of later stage capital. I have identified the missing piece of the puzzle and you may not like the answer.

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 13, 2011

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. If you missed this past week’s Twitter updates, below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly ) and my blog-related tweets. Less is more.”

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Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 7, 2014

Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining seed capital for your startup. Getting into the pile is not a success. Want To Learn More? This book includes: An overview of the angel investor process and who they are.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Survival or Establishment Stage: Once initial seed capital is drying up and no profit has yet been earned, the challenge for a social enterprise will be to expand the customer base and increase the market penetration while preserving capital.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember writing a blog post in 2008, post-financial crash, on how the recession was going to re-vitalize the city’s tech startup community, which would eventually help diversify the NYC economy.

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David Cohen

JUNE 16, 2015

Techstars was helping the ones that were building businesses by growing their networks, providing intense mentorship, attracting seed capital, and scaling up through additional funding.

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