TheFunded.com:
| Posted by donAdeoWhere you acquire funding from may not just be as simple as how much money you are looking to raise. Your initial round of funding sets the precedent for all future rounds. Who you take money from and understanding the consequences is critical. Chris Dixon, CEO of Hunch, recently wrote on his blog about p (Read More)
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| Posted by calbinInitially my business partner and I were so enamored with our idea that we didn't get feedback from our potential cutomers. This lead to a two year journey that should have taken 6 months. Early on my partner and I said that we were not going to put our families in jeopardy for our venture. No credit cards (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
We are a pre-funding SaaS company that has managed to make it to "ramen" profitability for one of our two co-founders. We already have a lot of traction with two products, just under 10 clients, and have only been working on this part-time for the past 10 months. Each client brings $200-$1000 per month, and the sales cycle (Read More)
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| Posted by willCompany is seed stage. Signed 3 initial customers. Value prop is compelling in the mobile space. We are a B2B2C company so the 3 customers represent millions of consumers. Here is the thing; our "Branding" is not good. I am looking for people or a "firm" that can help us get our elevator pitch and mater (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Posted by The Founding MemberThere are three events coming up: an exclusive "Future of Funding" conference, an improved "Showcase" event series for seed stage startups, and a launch of the Founder Institute in Seattle.The Future of Funding: Feb 18, 2010, San Mateo, CAhttp://www.futureoffunding.comHelp shape the future of (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : Gavin J. KingSome industry observers like to indicate there is a natural regulatory cycle: the perception of market failures results in to regulation, and the impression of regulatory failures guides us to deregulation Although the 1990s were ruled by free trade principles and economic deregulation, some political (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Fund Rated 3.8At first, I was shocked to learn that Sequoia was part of a private equity consortium that bought First Republic Bank. Then, upon further thought, it's no surprise that top venture capitalists would start to abandon the venture capital model first...-- http://bit.ly/1dwhWqHas venture investing gotten that ba (Read More)
Submitted by Stewbagz
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News Profiles And Commentary On Seattle Technology Startups Microsoft Amazon.Com Gadgets Pcs Software Venture Capital And Internet Services.
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TheFunded.com:
I am completing a prototype now with my technical partner who is doing this project on the side of his full-time job. He does not want to leave his job and go without income for a period of time. I am thinking of raising a seed round (~25K) for 10% to use to get me from prototype to alpha with trial customers. The feedback (Read More)
OnStartups:
It has been a little over a year since I announced the news that my marketing software startup closed it’s Series B round of funding. The article, “Insanity? Why A Bootstrap Entrepreneur Raised $17 Million in Venture Funding”, was a candid glimpse into the rationale for raising what seemed like a huge amount of money to me (Read More)