Cost Hiring Seed Money Syndication 
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. Like Brad Feld I’m syndication agnostic but I have a slight preference toward working with others. If we invest the follow-on money comes from our non-seed fund (e.g.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.
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