ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The world of startups is a bit like a gold rush right now: there’s lots of money to be made, almost no rules regarding who will make or lose it, and only a few will actually see a sustained profit at the end of the day. Generating solid revenue streams early on will make many of the fundraising problems much easier to handle later on.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Startups caught the attention of venture capitalists as far back as three decades ago. At the time, most startups were from the internet’s dot com side of businesses, as the outlook was bullish then. Things You Need to Know About Starting a Startup Business. Rationale for Startup Investments. Angel Networks.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? venture capitalists are now asking tougher questions about start-ups' revenue and profits.". International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But he chose to move forward with a positive attitude, raise seed money for his company, and network his way to a profitable future. Here are six things you can do to make your startup look attractive to potential investors: 1. Start small, generate revenue, and create a profitable business before you approach an investor.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

forward revenue in February 2016 (the low), they appreciated by 6% each month for the following six months. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 22, 2014

If not, revenue from your customers will be your best source of financing. There’s a lot of “easy” early-stage money floating around right now, but don’t get fooled into taking seed money if you don’t have a viable path for later rounds. You need to assess early on if your business is venture-fundable.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Your Revenue Has Stagnated. One of the worst parts about working for somebody else is that your revenue is capped. When you own a business, you can boost your revenue substantially by courting new clients, hiring more foot soldiers, or being more prudent when it comes to costs. You Have Access to Seed Money.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding. This article is based on my experiences and the typical mistakes I see every week in startup land. High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. high growth.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2010

I think my startup is going to fail even before I get funded.” We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. As I listened, I thought about the other startup I had met an hour earlier. Over coffee he said, “I need some cheering up. Here’s why.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

In January, Denver will become one of the few American cities that allows its residents to purchase and recreationally consume marijuana, a move that is expected to create jobs and generate tax revenue. Colorado houses existing tech giants such as IBM, Oracle and Lockheed Martin, as well as an emerging and thriving startup scene.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it becausethey fail at one of these. Most startups that fail do it becausethey fail at one of these.

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readwrite.com

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Share on: Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money. Lets All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Cant Raise Any More Money. Well, nobody wants to give those dopes any more money. Because blogs are venture-funded startups. posted 5 hours ago. on Twitter.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Toronto is the core of Canadian innovation and is home to some of the most progressive startups in the world. Literally, one week later we had secured seed money, established business roles, added on another partner, ran the numbers, and started a pest control company! 9-Increase in my revenue. Thanks to Amanda Abella. #10-Nomination

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2013

My team at Duke University worked with Raj Aggarwal of University of Akron and Krisztina Holly at the University of Southern California to research the backgrounds of 549 entrepreneurs whose companies had made it past the begging-for-seed-money stage and were generating real revenue.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Startups provide both the luxury and the risk of having very little data on which to base the important early decisions. You want your valuation to keep marching upward; if you took in some seed money with the promised 10X venture return, you’ll hopefully be able to prove that you are proceeding on that trajectory.

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

We want to be in business with the best entrepreneurs going after the biggest markets and we do not care whether they need seed money, venture money or growth money. When you are raising seed money, you need an investor who can help you grow. As a matter of core philosophy, we invest in companies not stages.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. Probably revenue based.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

I think the problem isn''t the lack of Series A money--it''s that there are 4 times the number of seed funded startups, but not four times the number of great ideas and great teams. If there are four times the number of seed funds, the seed quality bar is much much lower--but what investor wants to say that to entrepreneurs?

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. Once you take money from the generalpublic youre more restricted in what you can do. [

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Vesting 76

Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

What are some common-sense tips for startups as they seek to avoid the “ Trough of Sorrow ” that Brian Balfour has blogged about? There really aren’t many easy answers – honestly, most startups face some sort of trough of sorrow. Is it possible to take seed money and not go for the Series A, etc, and just earn revenue?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

If you’re a venture-backed tech company or even an early-stage business fueled by angel or seed money I assume you have a good group of board members or advisors who will give you time to be helpful and they want to be helpful. should we charge SaaS revenue, ad revenue or volumetric billing revenue?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Time and time again, experts in entrepreneurship and business (often with little to no operating experience of their own) offer formulaic advice on what startups must do to succeed. Startups are the epitome of unpredictability and extremes. Myth #2: You need a lot of money to start. image credit: Paul Cross.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It launched in 2013 with $3 million in seed money from American and Australian investors, and offers a series of templates intended to make good design easier to execute and more accessible. The latest funding valued the startup at $345 million, more than double the company’s $165 million valuation a year ago.

Design 48

Design Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Money 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It launched in 2013 with $3 million in seed money from American and Australian investors, and offers a series of templates intended to make good design easier to execute and more accessible. The latest funding valued the startup at $345 million, more than double the company’s $165 million valuation a year ago.

Design 48

Design Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Money 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It launched in 2013 with $3 million in seed money from American and Australian investors, and offers a series of templates intended to make good design easier to execute and more accessible. The latest funding valued the startup at $345 million, more than double the company’s $165 million valuation a year ago.

Design 48

Design Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Money 48

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Add to this regular angels becoming “super angels” — a much-mocked phrase for when someone goes from investing their own money to investing institutional funds. Essentially they became micro-VCs, still investing at the seed level but with much greater resources behind them. A name like 500 Startups says it all.

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