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. There are definitely examples (and not a small number of them) where this works in securing Series A dollars.

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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. Take the time to read, cover to cover, The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels , by the legendary Bill Payne.

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Up and Running

MAY 2, 2014

I learned this lesson when I raised the first round of seed capital for my startup PopInShop , an online platform that connects brands and boutiques to facilitate short-term, cross-promotional shopping events. Instead, people want to get to know you, the entrepreneur, and to see your progress, even if over a short time period.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. Really enjoyed your speech, but Boulder's startup community is definitely older than 5 years. Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities. Instead, focus on getting them ready for that stage.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was definitely challenging to make something like that happen in an academic environment. In my case, I am breaking down “business” to its fundamentals, which begins with a definition of what, exactly, is a “business.” I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business. There are a lot of dark, hard days.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

The company was founded with seed capital from Austin Ventures. The amount of capital committed is described as “in the low millions,&# and the only reason it is that substantial is because the company acquired some intellectual property from other companies (including FiveRuns) to help accelerate the development of the product.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

You want your pitch to make sense and should be a maximum of 15 slides including the following topics (at least) in any order that flows for your story: • Market Opportunity. Problem definition. Distribution and Marketing—Do you have traction; how to build traction? The Market. Is the market large and growing?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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. Your next three years, you will establish your company as a force in that market, grow your A-team, and scale your business. But it will still be your company.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Entrepreneurs, which by definition are stubborn entities are therefore finding creative and cheap ways to bootstrap their startups. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip. CEO Marco Magnocavallo.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on startup advice but also filed under my sales & marketing posts. You’ve invested $1 million in building the perfect application the meet a large market need. The price points are not as high as your beautiful Excel spreadsheet had forecasted when you raised your seed capital.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Take the market and break it down into smaller chunks. If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. Why do I do it?

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Via these early positions of primacy and via his wealthy Brazilian family’s money being Facebook’s first $20,000 of seed capital, Saverin today is worth more than $1.3 The movie also serves up Eduardo Saverin, portrayed sympathetically as both Zuckerberg’s college best friend and as Facebook’s bungling first “CFO.” And spin the wheel.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I was surprised to find that it has been more than two years since my post summarizing the state of the seed stage market, and trying to bring a balanced view on the rise of Super Angels and Micro-VC’s. The venture capital market continues to be in transition, and a lot of changes have occurred in the early stages of the market.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] Kameko Oliver I definitely feel the decline in enthusiastic investing as of late. Might be kinda large market., It’s a saturated market, with high costs and lack of innovation. Take that venture capital (say $6 mil?) … and give $200,000 to 30 fresh start ups instead. just my 2 cents. just my opinion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

But I think the, I just quickly adapted and I realized it wasn't just about writing software, things like customer service, marketing growth, those ideas were. So, there's definitely the feeling that you just, sometimes you didn't belong. We had to raise some seed capital. ER : How would you contrast the difference?

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