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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

Both Sides of the Table

These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. but didn’t have funds to back-up their prorata rights?

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions. If you have raised a limited amount of money from angels, accelerators or seed funds be very careful about having a high burn rate. There is no “right” amount of burn.

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As Drone Navigation Advances, SlantRange Focuses on Farm Analytics

Xconomy

Because GPS doesn’t work well indoors, underground, or in the skyscraper canyons of big cities, 5D has added land-based beacons that use ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless transmitters to guide aerial drones and ground-based robots. “We We sell the hardware at a fixed price, with recurring revenue on the analytics.”.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

Great seed investors like Bryce Roberts / OATV (and other great ones like Floodgate , Founder Collective , Information Arbitrage or Rincon Ventures ) still get all the dealflow the need. If I were a founder I would personally start with these kinds of seed funds. Relationships with VCs to get downstream funding.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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