Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Chris Dixon provided some commentary on Twitter that he believes I missed “the most important point about fund size.&# He’s specifically referring to his point of view that entrepreneurs shouldn’t take seed money from “big VC’s&# (he defines them as > $100 million). Let me explain: 1.

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Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

We’ve invested in some SaaS companies that acquire early customers through a combination of inbound marketing, inside sales, and channe partners. Syndicate diversification. In some seed rounds, we invest mainly with seed investors and angels. We discovered the benefits of this through experience.

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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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