View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

The quality, network, or experience of your local investors is likely fairly different from those in other markets. I’d argue that apart from the Bay Area, every other market has a shortage of strong series A capital, and most founders would benefit from generating some investor interest outside of their home geography.

San Francisco 244

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 244

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Marketing/Sales/Partnerships.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations. American VCs are critical.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. We will open our network of successful entrepreneurs and investors to offer invaluable experiences to you. Some founders stay at hostels. Each founder who owns shares in the startup and has attended JFDI will be invited. That’s the competition.

Asia 207

Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 207

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. Filed under Uncategorized.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban. This is just the next phase of AngelList’s evolution into a one-stop shop for seed-stage companies and their backers.

SEC 61

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. A population of founders, employees, investors, advisors, and others all aligned in trying to build large disruptive businesses is naturally prone to lofty, even over-the-top language. How can we put things into context?

Cofounder 188

Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 188

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The numbers I’ve heard from most everyone is that only about 20 percent of companies that have gotten a seed round in the last year will be able to raise a Series A. I recently went to a networking event for one of the seed funds that invested in PandoDaily, and I’ve never seen such worry on the faces of the entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. A population of founders, employees, investors, advisors, and others all aligned in trying to build large disruptive businesses is naturally prone to lofty, even over-the-top language. How can we put things into context?

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 100

Rob Go

JULY 18, 2019

The quality, network, or experience of your local investors is likely fairly different from those in other markets. I’d argue that apart from the Bay Area, every other market has a shortage of strong series A capital, and most founders would benefit from generating some investor interest outside of their home geography.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 48

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs Skype - free voice and video communication tool Campfire – team collaboration Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers Ning – Create your own social network Yammer – free enterprise social network Doodle – online group scheduling Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference (..)

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Think about it – if you’re using MailChimp and make let’s say $100 in sales for every send. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Think about it – if you’re using MailChimp and make let’s say $100 in sales for every send. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Many of you will know Robert as the founder of Soylent, which he started out of his kitchen and then grew into a nationwide phenomenon. We can't change the past, but we do have a say in the future if we're willing.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Both are building on top of the existing credit card infrastructure because as Swipely Founder/CEO Angus Davis points out, millions of people are walking around with a mobile payment device in their pocket… it’s called a credit card. Dwolla is also considering to take its network overseas, still riding ACH.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. Is that a lot? Is that good? ideas (e.g.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Hunter Walker

MAY 1, 2016

Anneke Jong: I’ve talked to and advised many seed stage startups, and I find they often have an awesome high-level pitch, but if you start asking questions just one layer deeper, most of the answers are, “Errrr, um….we That wasn’t the case when I met with Greg Hong and Joe Marchese, the co-founders of Reserve.

New York City 48

New York City New York Los Angeles Startup 48

Hunter Walker

MAY 1, 2016

Anneke Jong: I’ve talked to and advised many seed stage startups, and I find they often have an awesome high-level pitch, but if you start asking questions just one layer deeper, most of the answers are, “Errrr, um….we That wasn’t the case when I met with Greg Hong and Joe Marchese, the co-founders of Reserve.

New York City 48

New York City New York Los Angeles Startup 48