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The investment that didn’t happen

K9 Ventures

In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company. I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. We pulled together about $600K of commitments and interest, for a $500K-target financing round.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

What are their expectations for intellectual property-protectable businesses? What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. What are their expectations for intellectual property-protectable businesses?

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

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. Most of this data is sourced directly from the business through service providers such as QuickBooks , Xero , MX , Shopify , Stripe , Google Analytics , and Crunchbase.