I am a baseball fan and this year, my San Francisco Giant’s team is supposed to be pretty bad. But when spring training comes around, anything is possible. The fans look for the possibilities and scenarios that may take the team to the playoffs.

Well, if the pitching staff performs at or above expectation and we get a above average year from one of the veterans and a breakout season from one of the young rookies, then…

This sort of optimism and, frankly, wishful thinking is both at the heart of the seedround of startup life as well as spring training. Once the season starts, however, the grind of reality take over. But I do love the feeling of spring training and a startup’s seedround.

UPDATE: Found out today that the Giants have Las Vegas 100-1 odds of winning the World Series.  Still optimistic tho!

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