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How We are Investing Through The Covid Correction

View from Seed

Similarly, FOLD has always held seed investors back from doing second seed or late seed investments for fear that they are being suckered into something that others have already passed on. Thematically, we are doubling down on our focus on the Everyday Economy.

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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

It has become an established term in the software industry to indicate the short term fixes of quick and dirty coding that can create problems down the road — problems that come knocking at the door to collect with interest. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue.

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

This piqued my interest partly because of my own position as a woman in the still male-dominated tech industry, but also because the company I work for Palo Alto Software is led by a female CEO with very strong ideas about women, motherhood, and family-friendly policies. Avoid those investors..

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How to Divide Founder Equity: 4 Criteria to Discuss

View from Seed

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. 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. Prior & Ongoing Involvement. Ideation/IP.

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Punch & Pie: How Should Co-Founders Divide Equity?

Agile VC

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. 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.

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Punch & Pie: How Should Co-Founders Divide Equity?

Agile VC

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. 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.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part I

Gust

Another use of convertible note bridge financing is to make a quick injection of seed capital into a new startup when the investor and entrepreneur already know and trust each other; it’s better than a handshake, but far quicker and easier to complete than a real Series A round.

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