SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Now I have.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Reply How to close a term sheet quickly - Venture Hacks , on April 28, 2009 at 10:43 am Said: [.] steve Joshua , on January 5, 2010 at 3:19 pm Said: Fantastic entry, thanks very much Steve. your lawyers that you want to have an extremely firm date for the closing process.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2010

How can I raise venture capital?" And when it comes to venture capital in particular, the vast, VAST majority of entrepreneurs go about it the wrong way. And if you go about raising venture capital like MOST entrepreneurs do, then you'll probably get the same results that most entrepreneurs do.

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Altgate

AUGUST 20, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Why Don’t Universities Teach Sales? A couple of years ago I wrote this post on the science and art of negotiating a term sheet , which turned out to be a fairly popular post.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and got an 8-digit term sheet that same afternoon. The VC firm delivered a term sheet for an 8-digit second round that afternoon. Here’s how they did it. And learn from it.”

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

Raising Venture Capital. Raising Venture Capital (12). Term Sheets (1). This Week in Venture Capital (14). Copyright © 2010 Both Sides of the Table. Start-up Advice. Angel Topics. Entrepreneur DNA. Sales & Marketing. Negotiations. Both Sides of the Table. Pitching VCs (35).

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. Accelerators business david cohen entrepreneur global accelerator network Seed money TechStars United States Venture Capital'

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). If you don’t, please educate yourself on this site, Venture Hacks and the term sheet series by Brad Feld/Jason Mendelson, among other places.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010. There has been a lot of discussion and publishing of standard term sheets, including Y Combinator, TechStars and SeriesSeed. A good comparison of the various "standard" term sheets can be found at Start-up Company Lawyer. April 21, 2010 9:26 PM. ▼ 2010. (7). ProfessorVC.

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Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds. Paul Graham sparked some commentary by declaring in a tweet in August 2010 that “Convertible notes have won. Form of Convertible Security Term Sheet.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Since January of 2010, when I led my first seed investment in Backupify , I have led or committed to 27 investments. That also includes 16 Brooklyn Bridge Ventures deals done and five agreed to term sheets. Venture Capital & Technology' Yes, it''s going to be a busy fourth quarter.

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Altgate

JANUARY 4, 2009

His company is doing well and recently received a couple of term sheets for his first institutional round. But it’s not so far fetched though that layoffs will soon be coming to venture capital. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Venture Capital and tagged layoffs , startup , venture capital.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

If you’ve never experienced a retrade, or don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s the situation when you have a firm deal agreed upon or a term sheet signed and are proceeding to closing a deal, when the investor (or acquirer) decides to change the terms of the deal.

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Term Sheet. Term Sheet The latest on private equity, M&A, deals and movements — from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. Term Sheet.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

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). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The funding search began the day after Labor Day and continued throughout the fall as the environment continued to worsen, and resulted in a term sheet the day before Thanksgiving. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Reply Raising capital - The 50 or so things you should read first | JonBischke.com , on November 9, 2009 at 10:59 am Said: [.] & & Raising Capital Pitch Perfect 4 ways to get automatically rejected by an angel investor Raising Money Using Customer Development Due Diligence Checklist Term Sheet Archives (from Brad [.]

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Tim Keane

MARCH 8, 2010

A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets » March 08, 2010. And the National Venture Capital Association and the Angel Capital Association have both weighed in.  And the National Venture Capital Association and the Angel Capital Association have both weighed in. 

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Altgate

MARCH 17, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Global Nuances of Startup Compensation Obama Shoots Down 90% Tax Bracket → Popular Posts Posted on March 17, 2009 by fnazeeri Once again, here is a list of some of the more popular posts on this blog.

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Altgate

JANUARY 21, 2010

Open source is the wrong term though; instead is probably better to say automate since LegalZoom and others are doing the same thing but commercially.

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Altgate

AUGUST 16, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Who is this Julian Assange guy anyway? King&# Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations → Why Don’t Universities Teach Sales? Posted on August 16, 2010 by fnazeeri They teach everything else.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. Many term sheets ensued. I had that against the backdrop of several term sheets. The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2015

But if they don’t know this, and they are negotiating terms with a VC who is expecting the notes to convert in the pre-money, it can create a mess after the terms are agreed to somewhere between the term sheet stage and the final definitives.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) Once you raise venture capital, you are forced on a path to spend ahead of the business and seek the highest growth business model options. ► 2010. (7). Steve Bennet. at 1:41 PM. Steve Bennet.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

question in venture capital. This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 2) Redline - Series Seed Term Sheet (1 v. Series Seed Term Sheet (v 2.0) Series Seed Term Sheet (v 2.0) Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Other venture capital links. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Other venture capital links. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Other venture capital links. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Other venture capital links. Funding news.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The usual tempo for raising money from venture capital is at a minimum of a year between financings. One benefit of going with top-tier venture capital is that they tend to have good prediction track records, which helps establish credibility for early stage businesses. But now it was time to get to revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of a series that I’ve been working on called Understanding Venture Capital. So if a fund was raised in 2006 and the next fund was raised in 2010 it’s possible that they have two funds that “cross over&# at the same time. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. Read Terms that Hurt (Venture Hacks).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply Peter Glaskowsky , on May 3, 2010 at 2:19 pm Said: Steve, my memory of this situation is different from yours. Camilo Reply Top 4, Core Business Priorities , on June 8, 2009 at 4:32 pm Said: [.] Finally grow when it makes rational sense to, not just to satisfy investors. In fact leashing [.]

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