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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

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. Marios firm, Wilson, Sonsini, even has a term sheet generator on their site.

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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. Bootstrapping 101. Particularly, now that standard Series Seed docs are commonly used. So when does convertible debt make sense? Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► July.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) While bootstrapping, there are multiple options from doing as a side project, changing the business, raising angel or venture, etc. Bootstrapping 101. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1).

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7 Best Strategies for Maintaining Equity

Early Growth Financial Services

Whether you’re funded, seeking funding, or still bootstrapping, here are some of the best strategies for avoiding dilution and maintaining maximum equity: 1. Of utmost concern to many entrepreneurs is how to retain maximum equity in their startups. Rightly so. It’s a constant balancing act: growing your company without losing control of it.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

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. Many companies that have raised capital are going to need to spend it wisely to win and others will be forced to bootstrap. Bootstrapping 101.