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Ask HN: What are the chances of raising a seed round?
What are the chances that a smart and ambitious hacker, out of college, could raise seed money so he could work on a startup idea?
This could mean via an angel investor, accelerator, or hacker house (http://www.quora.com/HackerHouses/What-are-some-hacker-houses-in-the-Bay-Area-California-The-US-The-world).
- dylanhassinger 13y agosomewhere between 1 and 100
- drnex 13y agoYour mockery is not even correct. Please, abstain from making useless comments on HN.
- dylanhassinger 13y agomy numbers reflected the fact that you provided no information in your question for making any kind of prediction
- jenjenhar 13y agoCould you give us a bit more details on your background? I would say Drew Houston (founder of dropbox) was an ambitous hacker out of college and get some seed money to work on his start up idea! Regardless, all the best :)
- adamzerner 13y agoMe specifically? I just graduated as a neuroscience major, took 2 CS classes in college, taught myself html/css, js/jquery, rails etc., read all the startup stuff on the internet, and am starting http://www.collegeanswerz.com/ http://www.collegeanswerz.com/. But I'm not asking about me specifically. If the answer varies a lot, what are the upper and lower bounds? I assumed that it wouldn't vary that much, because kids out of college are all unproven, but I guess that's wrong.
- jenjenhar 13y agoI would say it certainly varies a lot Look at the collison brothers, they are no ordinary college kids. As an investor, its hard to invest in an average college kid even if there is a good idea. How do you know they can execute? Having said that I am not personally an investor. But, Don't you agree?
- adamzerner 13y agoYes, you're right. The average college kid clearly isn't investing material. How about this: a kid who is a solid programmer, well read with regards to startups, ambitious, and a reasonable thinker.