Babbling VC

JUNE 10, 2010

Anyway, they passed on that, if I remember correctly turning their nose up at venture capital. :-) Yet, when Nils had launched Cellity, they came back to us to pitch this idea (together with Mangrove who had already injected seed money) and we eventually ended up investing shortly thereafter. Alexander and Eckart are super managers.

Software Review 64

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Germany 64

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

More important are standard business, finance, and economics courses. Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Pick an idea, any idea.

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Gust

JANUARY 13, 2013

More important are standard business, finance, and economics courses. Too many startups fail simply by missing the practical elements of money management, time management, and setting priorities. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. Pick an idea, any idea.

Entrepreneur 180

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Network Business Plan 180

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The ability to manage a personal life away from a business one can be vital to one’s sanity. Unless you have a healthy bank account or investors to fall back on you’re likely going to use your personal money to finance portions of your business expenses at some point.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2017

Success as an entrepreneur takes a lot more than an idea, a dab of seed money and, as they say, a wing and a prayer. Today, his firm employs some 200 team members, and the firm itself is well known for its smart, innovative and quality work in construction and construction management in both Canada and the United States.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. In these cases we proactively offer to lead their next round of financing. The investor strategy is really determined by the management team.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Sara focuses upon another side of small business financing not typically considered in the angel and venture world, financing from sources for companies that will probably never be attractive to those niches. . Crowd Funding: The Internet is at work here, especially for obtaining early stager seed money.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA 76

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.] link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? link] Finance Geek » How To Develop New Startup Ideas. [.] link] 23 Startup Management Practices Articles For Startup Leaders | TechStartHub. [.] Should startups keep their ideas secret? link] Mark Essel.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. 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.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

You’ll want to get cozy with the numbers all over again based on some history and make decisions on operating spend and on financing strategies. You want your valuation to keep marching upward; if you took in some seed money with the promised 10X venture return, you’ll hopefully be able to prove that you are proceeding on that trajectory.

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Valuation Forecast Seed Money Business Model 48

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

million in its series A financing and kept the burn rate at less than $100k per month to make he money last. Dennis wrote a great post at the time of the financing that showed just how product obsessed he was, even after taking the seed money. Modest burn : the company only raised $1.35 Monetization.

API 44

API Valuation Lean Burn Rate 44

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

A company raises $1m of seed money from angels in a convertible note with a $6m cap. Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation. Here’s the scenario.

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Recapitalization Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Angel Investor 70

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

JOB OF THE WEEK: Operations Manager. Your Money. According to Graham, Google Ventures, a venture-capital firm backed by the tech giant, has systematically been offering to make seed investments in recent Y Combinator graduates, but only on substantially more favorable terms than other investors received. Finance Jobs.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. The Burlington, Massachusetts-based startup provides Drupal-based content management systems. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature.

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