View from Seed

MAY 5, 2015

Board members have a fiduciary duty to look out for the interests of all shareholders specifically (and employees and other stakeholders generally). Some portion of all startup board meetings do involve basic updating and corporate governance housekeeping. Think Long Term. Board Deck Templates for Startups from NextView Ventures.

Seed Capital 120

Seed Capital Seed Stage Cofounder Founder 120

David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help advocacy organizations and companies “Get things done” by leveraging their own employees, their employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around them? . This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage. If the answer is yes to any of these, keep reading.

America 60

America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help companies “Get things done” by leveraging your own employees, your employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around you? . For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is.

America 60

America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. Three years into the growth of a successful company and my partner is slacking off… he is not completing tasks, appears distracted and is losing credibility with our employees. We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

We had to raise some seed capital. They were mostly trying to reduce their risk factors, and they were hoping that the government, the public health departments, would actually take ownership of the response there. I think that another one was really kind of partnering with local governments on this part and trying to help them.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Turkey Los Angeles California 60