Cofounder Operations Seed Money Venture Capital 
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. So at any given point you are likely operating with a maximum of 9 month’s cash. It’s not. Many times it’s less.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2010
This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. I caught up with him recently to talk about venture capital from both sides of the equation, investing for the long-term, missed opportunities, and how he gets good ideas. ** Let's start with something basic.
Gust
OCTOBER 2, 2014
You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. I would say the same thing about True Ventures. What gives? Am I a hypocrite?
Seeing Both Sides
MARCH 2, 2011
I had the pleasure of teaching a new case at HBS yesterday on foursquare that I co-authored with Professors Tom Eisenmann and Mikolaj Piskorski as part of Tom's new course "Launching Technology Ventures". million in its series A financing and kept the burn rate at less than $100k per month to make he money last. Monetization.
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