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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. The research did show that higher returns were earned by investments where more diligence was done. Not exactly extensive diligence.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Starting Startups - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.    Individual angels can get sucked into situations that a group's experience might have avoided. 

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Angel Investors Angels are individual rich people. Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Product/Technology 0-15%.

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