So you think you have an ingenious startup idea.
You want to transform concept into product or service but don’t have the capital to make it a reality. It’s enough just making tuition and room and board. But with U.S. investors increasing the median seed size to $1 million, according to Pitchbook data from 2017, it’s easy to dream of a successful pitch meeting as the gateway to launching a thriving company. After all, some of the most successful tech ventures in recent years – think Modcloth (2002), Facebook (2004), Reddit (2005) and Snapchat (2011) – were started by college students.
