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Ask HN: What are the chances of raising a seed round?

1 points by adamzerner ↗ HN
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).

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dylanhassinger
somewhere between 1 and 100
drnex
Your mockery is not even correct. Please, abstain from making useless comments on HN.
dylanhassinger
my numbers reflected the fact that you provided no information in your question for making any kind of prediction
jenjenhar
Could 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
Me 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/.

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
I 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
Yes, 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.