ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2021

By taking the time to carefully vet each lender, and by being creative in how they approach securing their capital, these unique hardships can be mitigated. In turn, today’s startups may discover that just as modern industries have changed thanks to this new and innovative technology, so have the means by which they can secure funding.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. There are several great examples of technology startups that do this. To me, this is the best time to raise your seed. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. You lose way more than you win.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Every time there is a big technology exit (usually via M&A), I attempt to quickly unpack key takeaways from the transaction. venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Most of the rounds I participate in today are priced equity rounds. The equity round process bakes this in, and helps every participant to know what they’re raising or holding at any given point, dissuading the company from taking on additional capital without some burden.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Errol Arkilic was the lead program director for the National Science Foundation I-Corps , which uses my Lean LaunchPad curriculum to teach scientists and engineers how to take their technology out of the lab and into the marketplace. government had] of taking technology out of [all of its] labs.”. It was a crappy way [the U.S.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. A " black swan " investor appears out of the blue and backs the company - less impressed by the technology than by the talent, desire, and grit of the entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. They also avoid Reg D.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Lack of seed capital (home equity lines of credit, friends/family) is a major problem. (Is Newly opened companies created a seasonally adjusted total of 2.6 The article highlights some bootstrapping entrepreneurs who are, by necessity, taking longer to grow their new ventures.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Be sure to leave plenty of equity for investors. You will likely need to raise more rounds of capital than you originally anticipated. Don’t make everyone a founder. This is not a bad strategy when done correctly.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company. Note: I’m not talking about equity.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip. CEO Marco Magnocavallo. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. There’s no formula however I do know … the more you build before you need to hire / partner, the more equity you can keep. How does that usually work?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I just want to state that up front because while I believe that this post will apply to most startup technology companies out there, I’m sure there will be exceptions. The price points are not as high as your beautiful Excel spreadsheet had forecasted when you raised your seed capital.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. The overwhelming success of Opensource is a game changer. Translation?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Our BHAG is none other than disrupting the healthcare lending industry through technology, originating $1B in healthcare loans in 2021. We run on cutting edge technology, which enables us to serve clients nationally and scale quickly, unlike traditional competitors in the space that still do business by mail and fax.

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