Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market. Often seed investors will step off the board when A or B round investors get involved and this is important because otherwise entrepreneurs can end up with unwieldy VC-heavy boards.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

The private market is pretty efficient that way--and to look at it otherwise is to reinforce the notion that everyone trying to start something, instead of joining the teams with the best ideas is a good thing for the market. in seed money instead of $1.5M I don''t think early stage investors are taking enough risk.

Post-Money Valuation 60

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Seed Money 60

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Often, I find that there is a very distinct trade-off that surfaces when thinking about how to best position yourself for your series A: Option 1 is to focus nearly exclusively on some traction metric. Also, in a market where a bunch of high-flyers are crumbling, investors are more deliberate and less enamored by pure top line metrics.

Product 28

Product Seed Stage Seed Money Metrics 28

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

There are a lot of people that artificially group together performance metrics for venture, and try to extrapolate successful stratagies from it. I think I'm terrific at helping early stage teams by rolling up my sleeves and doing what's necessary--getting them hires, PR, product strategy help to find that market fit.

Later Stage 99

Later Stage Down Round Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 99