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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

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How Do You Reference Check a VC?

Both Sides of the Table

But what about once you have a term sheet? They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. Nobody wanted anything to do with Internet companies.

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Is the Unicorn Endangered or Extinct?

Professor VC

Former students who are readers of this blog may recall the Amazon IPO case from Entrepreneurial Finance class. It''s previous financing round was a little over a year prior to the IPO and was a $8M raise at a $60M pre-money valuation led by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins. or a market cap of $800M. And this is not it."

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. How do you come to terms with the new and the bold and the never been done and weigh them against things that aren’t going to happen? We do that primarily through leading financings. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Of course much of it is conflicting.

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