Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Many view themselves as shepherds who help with building your initial team, helping with product launch and promotion. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

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. Option 2 is to focus on product (and proof points more broadly). The product and proof strategy might also fail at the series A.

Product 28

Product Seed Stage Seed Money Metrics 28

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

If you’re a venture-backed tech company or even an early-stage business fueled by angel or seed money I assume you have a good group of board members or advisors who will give you time to be helpful and they want to be helpful. should we charge for our product or be freemium?

Advisory Board 337

Advisory Board Valuation Stock Options Seed Money 337

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. Reality is that venture is a bunch of individual stories, individual assessments of teams, unique products, and a whole lot of stars lining up for particular companies for success to happen.

Later Stage 99

Later Stage Down Round Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 99