Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 25, 2009
For example, a recent phone call I had with a young entrepreneur straight out of one of the most prestigious engineering schools in America he asked, “I have an offer for $400,000 in seed money but the VC wants me to agree now to bring in a new CEO.&# This company is doing its SEED round and they already want to bring someone new in.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
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. I know the buyers try the best to believe that [insert well known founder name here. Does Yahoo!
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Scalable Startup
AUGUST 9, 2018
High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). Every day it gets a little better and our brand name gets a little more well known. Without funding most tech startups will die.
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 23, 2018
The highway of new ventures is littered with the remnants of businesses that started with tons of seed money but ran out with little to show for it. It started with a huge amount of hype, nearly 40 employees, and an equally large amount of cash: $41 million. A good example of this is the tale of the photo-sharing app Color.
readwrite.com
DECEMBER 3, 2012
It’s Ben Parr of Mashable, whose background includes blogging and … blogging, announcing that he too is now a venture capitalist and is creating a “celebrity fund” that has a super cool name — #DominateFund. The kind of guy who makes up a name like #DominateFund. And who announces a fund before he’s actually raised the money.
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Another benefit of talking freely, is that you may also find potential partners or future employees–other key components beyond investment money. Then again, there’s a difference between publishing a description of the idea on your website and simply announcing a name and perhaps a tag line. link] Stan James.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. No need to name names.
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