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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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This also appears as a guest post at Fortune’s Term Sheet. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story. May 26, 2011.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

Thursday, April 1, 2010. It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). April 21, 2010 9:26 PM. ▼ 2010. (7).

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. Why is that?

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

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Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. For early stage companies, it’s important to show that you’re on path, that you have prospects, and that you can get to your vision. the move to networks) amplified that value considerably. Instead, open with the investment thesis.

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Startup Resources

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VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. VC & Startup Resources.

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

From my experience, negotiating debt deals with an experienced investor will result in a number of the same terms and wont save much (if anything) on legal fees. ► 2010. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? So when does convertible debt make sense? ► July. (1).

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Channel your Inner VC to Understand Startup Valuations

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It hardly deserves any attention at all in the early stages. I have to admit, the light bulb didn’t go off for me until I was negotiating term sheets. For some closing thoughts, I’ll just add that: Valuation tends to be too much of a focus for most early stage companies. Like this post?