Let’s get one thing out of the way quickly, the following tactic is not how to raise capital from Angels.

Selected this example because the sender clearly has ‘1 mutual connection’ and yet it wasn’t worth their time to use that connection to get a warm intro.

Cold introductions are infertile ground.

This is true not only of capital but most other lead types also.

With that out of the way, one way to approach the question of Seed capital for your startup is to understand what it isn’t.

Seed Capital is not

• a way to fund building your minimally viable product
• a way to avoid using your own cash to get started
• a bridge loan to your Series A funding
• a way to get free incubator office space

Seed Capital is…

Money to help raise a toddler.

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