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How to calculate the equity split between co-founders in a startup

The Next Web

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. If people are funding the business, they should get a premium because at the end of the day, cash funding founders are acting no different than a seed stage investor.

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SXSW Startups: CargoX

Austin Startup

and we are already building a strong network of partners and customers. At the same time, we are looking for strategic partners and investors to help us maximize our market presence and adoption. Has CargoX been involved with other pitch events and/or tech conference before? How and when did your team come together?

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

View from Seed

One aspect is demand-side: when the number of seed financings peaked in 2014–2015 timeframe , a new seed round stopped becoming “news,” and so it became less interesting for the press to actually report on these events. Inbound partners. from future team-mates, to business partners, and to potential investors.

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Two Clean Energy Incubators Launched in Texas

Austin Startup

In addition, ATI-CEI organized or co-organized over 20 clean energy focused events to help build the Central Texas clean energy community. Those events drew more than 5,000 people. This program provides the seed capital to do so. ATI and SECO believe that this success can be replicated in other regions in Texas.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. leanstartup Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make these great events! And do your customer development.

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Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

Genuine VC

A couple years ago, my partner Lee penned a blog post about the milestone benchmarks for startups raising a Series A round of financing. A fundraising compass is most helpful if you have a map of where you’re heading.'

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Exploring the NextView Platform? Start Here

View from Seed

– Pitch Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). – Board Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). – Flowchart: Seed VC Decision Tree (how one seed investor gets to yes or no). – Checklist: Critical to-do’s immediately after raising seed capital.