Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, for a lot of these companies, Boulder is just a gateway to San Francisco. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. TechStars encourages them to go wherever opportunities take them. And do your customer development.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Having previously lived and worked in cities where tech entrepreneurship drives the local economy, such as San Francisco, Seattle, Tel Aviv, and Berlin, I see the need for that in Boston quite clearly. And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding. They come in lots of different flavors and stages of fundability.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

That in turn requires more capital. In addition, the competition for and the cost of hiring people, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, has gone up dramatically. Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 24, 2018

If you follow the writings regarding the Austin ecosystem you’ve probably read debates about the absence of capital. Some founders argue that Austin lacks seed capital, most participants agree that there is a lack of later stage capital. I have identified the missing piece of the puzzle and you may not like the answer.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure. What is an accelerator?

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