Product Seed Funding Software Review Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. That changed very quickly. And covered we did.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
I know it sounds obvious but just so you understand: There are more capital sources available for earlier-stage capital, the information on which they are evaluating the investment is less (it is almost certainly just team and product) and the risk of the investor getting things wrong is diminished.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2009
Product : You should build a product or a prototype. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. You cannot be just a biz dev type, salesperson, marketing genius or whatever and divorce yourself from product. Great companies are built by having great products.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 3, 2010
5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.
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