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Re:Firebase fundraising lessons learned by wensing on Thursday June 21, 2012 @11:40PM (#4145268)
If I'm reading his post correctly, it took Gabriel Weinberg 4 months to raise his round, and he still called it quick and painless: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/10/what-i-learned-f...
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Re:Firebase fundraising lessons learned by il on Friday June 22, 2012 @12:26AM (#4145398)
Angel and VC are completely different fundraising processes.

An angel might commit to invest $50K after one 45 minute meeting. A VC could give you $5M, but it will always take multiple meetings, thorough due diligence, the approval of all the partners, etc.

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Re:Firebase fundraising lessons learned by jmomarty on Friday June 22, 2012 @12:42AM (#4145433)
In your opinion, what is the best way to contact an angel?
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Re:Firebase fundraising lessons learned by il on Friday June 22, 2012 @01:05AM (#4145501)
The best intros to investors came to us from our customers.
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