Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 1: What We Look For In Founders

Exciting news. We’re podcasting!

Join us as we explore various topics throughout the world of Startups and Early-stage Investment.

During each episode we’ll speak with members of the Seedcamp family to hear their views; including the Seedcamp team, our Investors, Mentors, and Startups.

We begin with our ‘Take On’ series. In this first episode, Seedcamp Partners Reshma & Carlos discuss the qualities we look for in startup Founders.

  • how important is it to be a good relationship builder?
  • do jerks make good startup founders?
  • does having a positive outlook create more opportunity?
  • is integrity important?
  • will founders who are able to inspire others build a stronger team?

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Deciphering Crowdfunding For Startups

One of the options that founders are reminded of more and more above and beyond VC and Angel funding is Crowdfunding via online platforms such as Kickstarter, AngelList, and Seedrs, to name a few. However, these platforms are not all the same and in this post we’ll cover how they differ as well as what makes them unique.
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To help better categorize the use cases for the different types of crowdfunding platforms, let’s split them into two:
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1) Cash for Product Pre-Orders – Kickstarter, IndieGogo, etc.
2) Cash for Equity – AngelList (USA), Seedrs (UK), Crowdcube (UK), etc.
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Start Smart: Essential tips for the next A-Team

Building a strong team early in your company’s life-cycle is one of the key attributes that pre-disposes your company to success and to gathering investor interest.

In this presentation, I cover some of the attributes that makes an A-Team compelling.

The Slideshare Slides for this presentation can be found here –

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On trust, founder fall-outs, and 6 steps to getting things back on track

Originally published on Venturebeat – Aug 22, 2014

Relationships are built on trust, and they require work to keep alive and well.

In his book The Trust Edge, David Horsager outlines the eight pillars he believes enable trust to occur within a relationship. The eight pillars are clarity, compassion, character, competency, commitment, connection, contribution, and consistency. Should any one of these start faltering, a relationship can quickly start falling apart and possibly lead to permanent damage.

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