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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s assume $2 million in seed money. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. It says if you want to make “real” money - quit. Get some famous angel or seed money.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

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At the end of their mentoring period, each venture will pitch their business to local and national investors in a "Demo Day.". The $50k seed money isn't a grant, but an equity investment by Capital Innovators. It is an interesting idea, and one that has been tried in other cities that have more of a tech heritage than St.

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Fundraising pitches are not actually pitches.

Hippoland

Doing a Demo Day or a startup pitch competition is NOT the same as a pitch meeting with an investor. Although you do not need a deck to raise seed money, this is why I like to use a deck in my conversations with seed investors. The startup industry should stop using the word “pitch”.

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Startup Accelerator Fail: Most Graduates Go Nowhere

ReadWriteStart

They offer seed money and mentoring in exchange for equity, normally about 7%. Programs culminate in a demo day, during which graduates pitch their startups to investors. And those programs have done very well.”. Here’s how accelerators typically work. They run 12-week programs to get startups quickly from concept to product.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

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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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Because so little money is involved, raising seedcapital is comparatively easy-- at least in the sense of getting aquick yes or no. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." the seed stage, investors dont expect you to have an elaboratebusiness plan. This is calledseed capital.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Anti Matter Dude you are so on the money. Thus had to spend hard cash building a half way completed demo outsourced to India. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Now, I know that I need to build all the demo of my product A.L.O.N.E.