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Raising a seed round is fairly easy for talented and connected founders these days. There are lots of investors who will give you money based on your idea and personal track record alone. But getting your idea out of the garage and to a point where you can secure the Series A funding you’ll need to scale your <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/business" target="_blank">business</a> — that’s another story entirely. As I <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/valleyvoices/2018/11/16/mega-funds-create-seed-gap/#39e3e2d27892" target="_blank">wrote about recently in Forbes</a>, with A rounds swelling in size, investors are expecting more from companies than ever in terms of customer traction, product maturity, and — particularly — team growth.