[danr4]

Absolutely true. I'll add that THREE paragraphs start with "calling my VC friends", which factors in heavily on how "easy" it was to raise.

[FranksTV]

This is some "the rest of the owl" material for sure.

[davidhunter]

How to raise a seed round:

1. Become a professor in CS at Harvard. Achieve big career successes in prestigious technology companies. Build a network of SV founders and VCs.

2. Raise the f*king seed round.

[quickthrower2]

Or…, and possibly easier: make that much money yourself and seed yourself

[peyton]

It should hopefully be obvious that you should befriend rich people if you think you will need access to capital in the future.

[champagnepapi]

yeah I don't really have any VC friends :( nor a prestigious pedigree :(

Guessing both are big factors in how easy it is to raise funds as a first time founder.