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Joel Spolsky's First Time (Raising Money)
Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneurs
English - April 17, 2008 17:12 - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsCareers Business Technology entrepreneur venture capital technology entrepreneurship startup business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This is part of a new series on Venture Voice where we ask a bunch of past show guests a simple question and post their answers.
How'd you raise your very first round of financing?
Joel Spolsky: I put in a very small amount of money (I think it was about $50,000) from my own savings. That carried us to profitability.