Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2010
The Search for the Business Model. A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Investors bet on a startup CEO to find the repeatable and scalable business model. They may draw their business model formally or they may keep the pieces in their head.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business. Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2015
I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. A seed-stage “super angel.”
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 10, 2017
Roughly 27 percent of startups can’t get the funding they need to take their business to the next level, according to the National Association of Small Businesses. For the last eight quarters, the number of angel and seed stage deals has declined, according to an Eisner Amper VC report.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. Government programs.
View from Seed
APRIL 20, 2020
Also, the focus of some accelerators has shifted from being true pre-seed catalysts to programs hyperfocused on follow-on funding hit rates (and thus looking for companies that already have traction). To address these issues directly, we at NextView are launching a new program focused on Accelerating the Everyday Economy.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 23, 2013
There aren’t a tonne of funds focused on seed-stage funding worldwide, but we can add a new one to the list today. SparkLabs , the company behind the accelerator program in Korea , is expanding its scope with its first seed-stage fund that will “help great startups go global.”.
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