Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? I can’t say it much simpler than this: “What if I took some of the worst, most egregious terms in a standard term sheet and made them the defacto standard in most convertible debt deals? Let me explain it more clearly in equity terms.

Ratchet 354

Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. on demand billing and fraud management. About VC Cafe. SW Courses.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

By Lauren Drell 2013-06-10 14:46:07 UTC. Young founders tend to complicate things too much, from structuring partnership agreements, financing, leases, etc. It also helps validate the demand for your product. ©2005-2013 Mashable, Inc. Sites Jobs Events Social Good Summit Media Summit Career Expos. Whats This?

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

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. This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. We do that primarily through leading financings. Dan Kimerling: There are a couple of dimensions. That scares me.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. All of these are false. goes into a startup.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150