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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). For funding, you’ll see a loose affiliation of early stage investors, something will start slow, and then gain momentum to eventually close the deal. In the angel world you see soft circles a lot.

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Building a sweat equity team

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy. 2- You could also look at setting up an affiliate marketing program. They also wouldnt dillute your equity share.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

There are some Vesting terms for founders in the term sheet but I can't find them in the others documents too. Specifically it would benefit from a clause nullifying these drag-along rights in case of a proposed sale to a preferred-affiliated entity. A template for promissory notes would be nice to have as well. Thanks in advance!

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Atlassian open-sourced their M&A term sheet , a very aggressive move which helps smooth the M&A process, by reducing the number of degrees of freedom in a negotiation. Vested helps employees and employers calculate exactly how much their options are worth, and when and how to monetize.