YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.
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crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 23, 2018
While it’s true that you sometimes need to spend money to make money, the amount of money you need to spend is where things get murkier. 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.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
If you work your way down the Forbes 400 making an x next to the name of each person with an MBA, youll learn something importantabout business school. Because so little money is involved, raising seedcapital is comparatively easy-- at least in the sense of getting aquick yes or no. This is calledseed capital.
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