seedcorn
Kernels for sowing
Seedcorn is grain set aside for planting rather than eating or selling—the portion of a harvest reserved to grow next year's crop.
The figurative meaning follows naturally: seedcorn is any resource preserved for future benefit rather than immediate use.
To eat your seedcorn is to sacrifice future prosperity for present needs.
British spelling: seed corn.
Placing seeds in earth
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
crop · yield · rotation · tillage · furrow · soil · irrigation · fertilizer
Permanent donated fund
- reserveSupply kept back
- futureTime still to come
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- basisUnderlying support or principle
origin · nucleus · core · essential · preservation · safeguarding · resource · asset
Startup growth financing
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- startupNew business enterprise
- capitalWealth used for investment
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
equity · entrepreneurship · incubator · accelerator · bootstrapping · crowdfunding · valuation · pitch
Focus on immediate outcomes
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- false economySavings that backfire
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- harvestGathering mature crops
cultivation · crop · yield · rotation · tillage · furrow · soil · irrigation · fertilizer · grain
endowment
Permanent donated fund
basis · origin · nucleus · core · essential · preservation · safeguarding · resource · asset · provision
venture capital
Startup growth financing
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- startupNew business enterprise
- capitalWealth used for investment
funding · equity · entrepreneurship · incubator · accelerator · bootstrapping · crowdfunding · valuation · pitch · stake
short-term thinking
Focus on immediate outcomes
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- false economySavings that backfire
seedcornfeed corn
Grain grown for livestock
fodder · cornmeal · silage · livestock feed · meal
seedcornharvest
Gathering mature crops
yield · crop · produce · final product · spent grain
seedcornoperating expenses
Routine business costs
discretionary spending · petty cash · working capital · disposable income
seed, corn, seeds, seeded, seeding, seeder, seedling, seedlings, seedbed