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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. You lose influence as larger investors come into the cap table and start throwing their weight around. Making angel investments, raising small seed funds. You lose way more than you win.

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Setting Up Your Accounting System

Feld Thoughts

Revenues and costs should both be based off of a robust set of assumptions. Anytime the financial model indicates that SayAhh will run out of cash, determine how you will raise capital to ensure liquidity and be sure to properly account for the debt or equity transaction on the balance sheet and Cap Table.