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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

So I mostly kept my opinion within a small closed group and let my LPs know that K9’s strategy was to *not* change our strategy despite the pressures of the market. Impact of Public Markets. If the public markets do hit a road bump or worse a sinkhole, what will happen? link] pic.twitter.com/XdQXNlIOZq.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business. There are a lot of dark, hard days.