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Founder's Salary?

Anonymous

August 27th, 2015

Is it considered normal to pay oneself -- as Founder -- enough to cover cost-of-living when seeking Seed Funding?  I understand expectations for Series... More

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What not to tell Angel investors and VCs?

Anonymous

November 1st, 2015

Angel Investors and VCs ask all kinds of questions. As a founder or a CEO what makes sense not to tell this types of investors and for what reason? Is... More

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Sam Johnson Mgr

October 27th, 2015

Thank you.

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Are NDAs a waste of time?

Stephanie Pia Corporate Marketing at South Mill Mushroom Sales / Kaolin Mushroom Farms

September 1st, 2016

Many VCs find it a turn off when you hit them with an NDA. I wonder if they are a waste of time during the initial phases of fundraising. More

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How to secure funding for startup?

Navneet (Ricky) Advisor at Totally Square Records

January 23rd, 2016

If you're an investor advising me here, please do ping me separately if you are interested in hearing my pitch.All my career, I have been coming up... More

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When should a CEO start paying themselves?

Anonymous

July 25th, 2015

From what I understand, startup CEOs pretty much expect not to pay themselves when starting a company. When you have no profit or much funding yet,... More

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AngelList is great - but how do you get in touch with investors?

Mackenzie Hughes Head of Business Development at Akimbo

October 16th, 2014

As entrepreneurs, we are all fully aware that fundraising is a full-time job in itself. Our network is fairly big, we've got... More

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How do you raise money to build a hardware prototype?

Syed Bukhari FinTech SME & Digital Business Innovation Strategist @ Gartner

December 13th, 2014

From what I understand, most methods used to raise funds for a start-up require a working prototype. Are there any ways to... More

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When is the right time to get seed funding for a hardware company?

Anonymous

February 11th, 2016

Where I'm at: I'm 1yr in, $10k out of pocket, and my prototype is a demonstrable proof-of-concept but not ready for user testing.... More

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How much equity to give away in seed funding with pre-money $1.5m for $200k?

Mike S Director at Vector Analytics

August 7th, 2015

Have tested idea. Need $200k to launch and survive for initial long sales cycle. Pre-money evaluation is $1.2m. Seed investor interested to fund $200k... More

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