View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Think of your seed capital as a way to empower you to reach that important milestone in order to raise the next round immediately after … not leave you just shy of the interim prize. Although the process of determining the right fundraising amount for a seed round involves some Excel work, it’s certainly an art, not a science.

Seed Capital 120

Seed Capital Seed Stage Demand Finance 120

The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. He wrote: When startups die, the official cause of death is always either running out of money or a critical founder bailing. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Andrew Montalenti.

Cofounder 155

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 155

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com. 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. Unless your business idea is to launch an oil rig, you do not need huge capital investments.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Sweat Equity Startup Seed Capital 100

Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

Hundreds and hundreds of tweets, re-tweets, likes, Hacker News upvotes, email responses…it was immediately obvious that there is pent up demand for this kind of alternative early-stage startup funding. And apparently, the message resonated… In less than 48 hours we received opt-ins from 3,800 founders, investors and onlookers.

Early Stage 46

Early Stage Valuation Seed Capital Revenue 46

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network? Non of this academic stuff.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62