View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

From a company milestones perspective, entrepreneurs who take on venture debt are almost always thinking about raising that next round of capital from other institutions. GM: The model is more about the relationship with the entrepreneurs, the investors, and us as the bank, as opposed to cash flow or fixed assets to lend on.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. 83% of all entrepreneurs haven’t, and in many cases can’t, raise capital from traditional venture capitalists and banks.

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View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community. Generally, my advice to entrepreneurs is to avoid these situations. We expect that a half to two-thirds will achieve product/market fit and warrant further investment.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Below, 16 entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) share the one PR strategy they think all startups and small businesses should stop using, and why. First, let me state that I do recommend the use of press releases when they are warranted. Young Entrepreneur Council' Over-the-Top Self-Promotion.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 12, 2012

Also, many times the press releases you submit on PRWeb get automatically syndicated (meaning posted along with links to your website) on other sites like Yahoo News and the websites of major newspapers. This syndication gets your release read by many more reporters and/or prospective customers.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

This is an awesome situation – for us and for entrepreneurs – and something I’m extremely excited about. We summarize this as saying to entrepreneurs that if you’ve raised less than $3m so far, we are a target for you; if not, we aren’t.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The classic entrepreneur builds the business — quite frankly, he or she probably just builds the product for a long time first, then the business. In fact, in many ways, I probably spent more time building the company in the early years than the business warranted given its size and stage.

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