View from Seed
OCTOBER 22, 2015
I suspect that the 18-month rule originated because that’s the approximate average time it takes for startups to reach an important value-inflection milestone. Yet the next round of capital is going to be based on what was accomplished, certainly not by how much time elapsed. Startups are hard. Don’t raise as much.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
The coolest thing you can say to anyone todat seem to be when you announce that you’re launching a startup. Definition of A Startup. He also said, “A company ceases being a startup when it “starts to be reactive rather than proactive—play more defense than offense. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 6, 2013
We got along and shared stories about the startup market. He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. We worked together just shy of a year and during that period of constantly seeing startups Aaron made the decision that he actually wanted to be an entrepreneur more than a VC.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging. Lower-Than-Market Value.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. He built & IPOd Demand Media. Success begets success.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 6, 2018
And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.
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. For instance, let us assume that you want to launch an Uber-like on-demand app for commercial trucks. That does not have to be the case however.
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