YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. Startup X launches with XX millions of dollars of seed capital from a star-studded list of investors”. … Traction: The new way of raising seed funding. It’s called traction.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Lastly, note that using free crowdfunding sites provides an excellent cost-effective solution compared to seed capital or personal loans with high-interest rates. The plans differ based on the level of analytical tools they provide along with various degrees of customer support.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Discover an audience of eager buyers, and then focus on customer segmentation. Make things happen.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

We slept under the tables, and pulled all-nighters to get to first customer ship, man the booths at trade shows or ship products to make quarterly revenue – all because it was “our” company. And Mark Suster of Upfront Capital has a great post that summarizes these changes. It’s called Growth capital.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Seed stage VCs are realistic about how much traction a very raw company might have. At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for raising seed capital — part of NextView’s platform of exclusive startup resources. THIS is why customers will care.” Why will your customers care about your company? “THIS is why we exist. THIS is what we aim to solve.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

While it may be rude to say, a great time to start your own business is when a competitor is having difficulties, meaning you will get the customers that company fails to keep. Many failed entrepreneurs believed that as long as they had a large amount of seed capital, they could begin their startup and before long make it big.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc. Your first three years you will get the startup off the ground, establish your core team culture, and fully validate your main product/market through rapid iteration.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO. How To Turn Your Online Visitors Into Customers Without Them Even Knowing – crowdspring.co/1fLcnYW. How about one of these strange products? What’s up with the Series A?

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 1, 2015

We compare and contrast software to hardware in this episode, examining three core aspects of building any company: Building early products (customer dev, prototypes, etc.). Acquiring initial customers (including one “magic” number Ben proposes for a hardware startup to reach). Raising seed capital. (In

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

CargoX has developed a decentralized platform based on the Ethereum network, and their Blockchain Document Transaction System (BDTS) technology, and it has a pipeline of future products for the supply chain industry?—?among and we are already building a strong network of partners and customers. How and when did your team come together?

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2019

A number of blog posts recently have mentioned this, but we seem to be experiencing a rise in repeat founders starting new businesses and raising seed capital. You needed to find the most scrappy and cost efficient way to get a product out, and in the process learned tons about the market and customer you are trying to serve.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Good interview with @jasonfried about meetings, spam, productivity & culture – [link]. Five tips for startups & small business about delivering great customer service – [link]. Five tips for startups & small business about delivering great customer service – [link]. Should You Be An Entrepreneur?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In general, raising seed capital in a down market requires creative thinking and perseverance. In a down market, it’s easier for tech companies to focus on their product and mission. But with the right approach, it is still possible to get the funding you need to start your business or project.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s frustrating if you’re a customer of an expense report SaaS startup and the company goes out of business, but it’s potentially devastating if your tele-therapist or addiction counselor suddenly disappears because the platform that employed them ran out of money. And for venture-backed startups this tends to be “get them customers.”.

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Startup Venture Capital Seed Capital Software 124

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers?

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

With the atomization of seed and an increasing number of rounds prior to Series A (pre-seed, seed, super-seed, etc.), But in my experience, it rarely fails that press coverage attracts the attention of a potential customer or possible new partner. there often isn’t one seminal round to announce.

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Genuine VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

For entrepreneurs, seeking seed capital means meeting with numerous VC firms and sometimes dozens of angels… fun? Telling the same pitch over and over again… taking time away from more immediately impactful endeavors like recruiting and customer development… the endless follow-ups and inevitable radio silence… fun?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 16, 2019

If you have an angel investor , you need to show them that their seed capital is being used wisely. Brand new stuff or custom made items might come at a hefty price, so consider browsing through a list of the best thrift shops that offer second-hand but decent furniture. Your desired office layout.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Procuring venture capital funding or business angels who put up with seed capital or expansion capital can be helpful and exciting. The product or service. A business needs to, in the ultimate analysis, fulfill unmet demands of the market or create a demand for its product/service that was not articulated so far.

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Vietnam Venture Capital Seed Capital Exit Strategy 171

Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

The five conditions for a Series A financing which he enumerated are: a core team ready to scale, demonstrable market size, repeatable cost effective customer acquisition, metric momentum, and plausible monetization. The strategy here is to foster product development and marketing which creates overall (semi-)organic user momentum.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

It’s a world that doesn’t fit our seed-focused model and fund strategy. Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies. 2) Direct-to-Consumer Health Products.

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View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

In the startup world, one POTAJ that’s easy and worthwhile to defend is the need to focus on building great products and innovative technology instead of trying to over-sell lousy solutions. This is doing right by both your company and your customers. Note that many were included in our pitch deck templates for raising seed capital.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately , which helps user researchers, product managers and others validate demand or usability for prototypes and live sites. Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Steven Cohn.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately , which helps user researchers, product managers and others validate demand or usability for prototypes and live sites. Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Steven Cohn.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. Foster product development and marketing which creates organic (or somewhat organic) user traction. They may not raise Series A quicker, but they’re more likely to raise more dollars. They are: 1.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In order to be competitive, a company needs to have just about everything in place, from its product to its team to market traction, before it is ready to seek funding. And don’t forget the ability to customize your profile’s background. As such, the competition from an entrepreneur’s standpoint is very, very tough.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. These quotes are, as is my custom, straight from twitter. When they could hear the customers complaints in their own voice, it became clear when it was time to up the quality level.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US. 10x the experience.

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Technical Review Software Review Cofounder CTO Hire 380

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Product Development. In your pitch to FFF investors you told them that there was a need for your product in the market.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Most businesses – online or offline, need seed capital to get established and without access to these funds, launching a business can seem like an improbable dream. That seems like a lot of capital. The hustlers among us have also validated their idea through prototypes and pop-surveys. That does not have to be the case however.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. The product/service did not satisfy any need in the market. That the product is not friendly. Having a good product but a wrong business model. Only 46% of these companies were able to raise enough for the second round of financing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. So, we actually took the original live customer application, converting their live video dating application. We had to raise some seed capital. ER : I remember Speed Date.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The company spends the $1m building and launching their first product. The product gets a lot better. The feedback is “come back when you’ve made more progress with customers.” The first release is underwhelming, but they iterate aggressively, with feedback and support from some of their angel investors.

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