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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. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. That changed very quickly.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

This also appears as a guest post at Fortune’s Term Sheet. At the end of the process, which ran into the fall of 2003, we received term sheets from two firms and had a third which expressed interest in participating though not leading the round. We three partners are working hard. May 26, 2011. It was a $4.7M

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.

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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

Luckily, I teach with two great VCs, Mar Hershenson of Pear Ventures and Jeff Epstein of Bessemer Venture Partners who both put together presentations unraveling the mysteries of how and why startups raise money. What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions. "I Your early partners, co-founders, investors and hires are crucial to get right.

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