Founder Hiring Partner Seed Money 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. Not my problem.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Incorporation also protects the founders from a liability standpoint. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship. Board and Stockholder Votes. .”
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Scalable Startup
AUGUST 9, 2018
In their quest for sustainable growth, the elusive dream for most first time founders is that first funding. High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. This can either come from the founder(s) own bank account or from outside investors. Without funding most tech startups will die. high growth.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 16, 2018
On the other hand, some founders *literally* aren't fundraising. You think you're getting this big fat check compared to the seed money you raised, but they're actually doing something more like dipping their toes in the water. A lot of founders worry about information sharing. It's less signal than you think.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment. the $190 million).
The Equity Kicker
AUGUST 20, 2014
My partner Dharmesh Raithatha wrote the post below on the Forward Partners blog earlier this week. I’m reproducing in full here because it’s a great explanation of our solo-founder hypothesis and how we work more generally. Are you a solo founder with an idea? THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN FOUNDER AND TEAM.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
Chris Dixon provided some commentary on Twitter that he believes I missed “the most important point about fund size.&# He’s specifically referring to his point of view that entrepreneurs shouldn’t take seed money from “big VC’s&# (he defines them as > $100 million). You raised angel money.
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