Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5 Of these companies that become well financed we only need 15–25% of THOSE to pan out to return 2–3x the fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And as a result of this there are now very robust secondary markets where founders and seed-funds alike are selling down their ownership long before an ultimate exit. At the time I wasn’t 100% sure but he made compelling arguments about how other markets have developed as they matured so I took note. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. The startup has developed a system which uses information from online forums, source code sharing, technical communities, and the like to help find and rank technical talent. How do you do that?

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. What we set out to do was develop something that we could use to solve that problem for ourselves, using personalized recommendation technology for food. The company has raised $1.9M We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2015

That means you need to develop credible financial projections that demonstrate the viability and future potential of your target market and clearly spell out how investing in your business will achieve their return targets. Or are you seriously underestimating key metrics like customer acquisition costs (an extremely common mistake)?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Metrics availability. A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , July 25, 2010 AVC regular Charlie Crystle asked me this question yesterday in the comments : Fred, it might be helpful to some of your readers to explain when a startup should seek angel vs seed/early stage VC. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch. Not so bad.

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