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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

I typed in my brothers zip code and ton of houses popped up in his area and I was able to search out on a map view. Their business model was to help young companies accelerate their launch by helping assemble a team, do initial marketing, provide seed capital and help them raise financing. I registered. and upload that.

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

View from Seed

With the atomization of seed and an increasing number of rounds prior to Series A (pre-seed, seed, super-seed, etc.), Inbound partners. But in my experience, it rarely fails that press coverage attracts the attention of a potential customer or possible new partner.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging. Market Value.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And they expose the startups to a vast network of mentors, none of whom get paid for their involvement.

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The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

VC Cafe

A Wall Street Journal piece from April 2012 reports on the impact of $16 million in venture capital awarded to Coursera to increase the scope of the program. Elite education is too expensive, and it’s available to too few,” said John Doerr , one of the venture capitalist partners backing Coursera.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. 5mm in Series A – Investors: GRP (Mark Suster)(lead), Greycroft Partners (Dana Settle), and Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) – Read more: TechCrunch , SoCalTech. Rumored to be appox.

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Convertible Debt: Worst Form Of Seed Financing — Except For All The Others

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” Yet in my little corner of Wonksville, Founder Institute CEO Adeo Ressi and Yoichiro “Yokum” Taku , a partner at my “alma mater” law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati , created quite a stir this past week by announcing a new set of template deal documents dubbed “ Convertible Equity.”

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