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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Employees: 20. Employees: 27. Time will tell.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Evangelos Simoudis’ is the founder and managing director of Synapse Partners. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. I try to listen wherever I go. Evangelos : Yes.

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Gil Penchina’s Army: How AngelList’s Largest Syndicate Plans to Lead A Rounds, Hire An Associate & Keep VCs Honest

Hunter Walker

But he’s raised the largest syndicate on AngelList , turning himself effectively into a one-man fund for, if not the masses, at least the 270 people who have already committed nearly $3.4m AngelList syndicate has surprised some people, you’ve been angel investing for quite a while, right? penchina#syndicate.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

We market to four populations: High-potential founders. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. I know a number of large financial services firm which use Hearsay Systems to empower their employees to use Linkedin and other social media tools in a compliant way. I only link to people whom I’ve met.

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Accidental VC: When Should Startups Announce Seed Funding?

View from Seed

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire.

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8 Ways That Blogging Will Kickstart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. Let that ideal co-founder find you. Your reach with a blog is much broader than traditional business networking channels and industry conferences. Demonstrate thought leadership to potential employees.

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