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MARCH 6, 2011
Through this process he raised $2 million. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.
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MARCH 6, 2015
I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.
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This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. I couldn't figure out why she wasn't raising $2 million. That does not mean, however, that anyone else outside that category is unable to raise. That is a fact.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
You’re writing a freaking blog post! I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. I had a pre breakfast with a CEO of a company in which I invested talking about his next fund raising round. I called another about his fund raising (DUDE – you never called me back! ).
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 6, 2013
I said, “This category is going to be huge. Like most markets online it will likely be a ‘winner take most’ category so if you’re going to go for it … you better be prepared to win.” They have raised now a total of $22 million. The photo in this blog (like many of mine) came from 500px.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2010
We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
One would think entrepreneurs would never want less available cash – until such time as their competitors ridiculously and unnecessarily all raise $50 million in the name of a “land grab” thus making it much harder for your totally reasonable company to attract investors. For investors life is no different. You own how much?”
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