The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

pexels You need to have enough resources by having a seed-stage investor who will financially support your company in the long run. I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. How does the funding for the seed stage work?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In a business development role you’re out shaping the perception of your company in the market (networking), determining leads, and contacting leads. Sales roles : The sales cycle is similar to the recruitment cycle of a source. Sales roles : The sales cycle is similar to the recruitment cycle of a source.

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Government Advisory Board Salary Sales Cycle 234

View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2019

I believe it’s more important to optimize on the right lead investor vs. the highest valuations at the seed stage (within reason). The strongest investors usually aren’t cheap, but typically don’t do things outside of the normal bounds for a company at the seed stage. So too few is not great.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Lead Investor 202

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. And just play the probabilities in your head of who will actually be likely to invest in a random company at your stage. Basically zero.

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Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. And just play the probabilities in your head of who will actually be likely to invest in a random company at your stage. Basically zero.

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Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Here’s a concrete example of what I mean: when I was pitching LaunchBit, we started out as an ad network for email. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Here’s a concrete example of what I mean: when I was pitching LaunchBit, we started out as an ad network for email. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48