Both Sides of the Table
JULY 21, 2014
An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. Have sales bonus plans based on more than just sales targets. And importantly we’ve had revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
So my simple advice is to start PR as early as possible (and certainly earlier than most of your investors will advise) when you have your head around your product plans and are well into execution (or ready to launch) precisely because your recruiting, seed funding and initial user base may depend on it. I have no money?
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. As a result that company is now as valuable as Invoca ( last round raised >$70 million ) so Jason ended up with two very valuable equity positions and has now raised an early-stage seed fund.
socalTECH
JUNE 1, 2012
My other co-founder, Rusty Jenkins, was also with that company, doing sales. On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. Can you talk about how your company is funded? We're also funding it out of pocket.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. Provide High Impact Exposure Beyond Your Hometown Press. Just like in the “old days,” sales still solve all problems. No program can work miracles.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. The press around the Parachute Home Hotel itself was worth the effort of having created it. even a DTC company?—?if
socalTECH
OCTOBER 28, 2016
We're on our third fund, and are now investing out of that fund. We have had a relatively consistent pattern of successfully raising follow on funding for our companies. We have a very high percentage of companies who have raised seed funding, and that percentage has only increased over time. READ MORE>>.
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