Seed Money Related Topics 
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MARCH 25, 2016
Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.
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JANUARY 5, 2010
VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt? Not my problem.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 25, 2009
For example, a recent phone call I had with a young entrepreneur straight out of one of the most prestigious engineering schools in America he asked, “I have an offer for $400,000 in seed money but the VC wants me to agree now to bring in a new CEO.&# This company is doing its SEED round and they already want to bring someone new in.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 Let’s consider the following two software companies, both of which have 66% gross margins. Both companies look the exact same after one year. million to fund operations in their first year of operations. Both companies lost $1 million in their first year.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
Let’s assume $2 million in seed money. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. It says if you want to make “real” money - quit. Get some famous angel or seed money.
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MARCH 6, 2015
I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market.
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JUNE 17, 2017
They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 Let’s consider the following two competing software companies, both of which have 66% gross margins and they decide to run their company exactly the same in year one. million to fund operations in their first year of operations.
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