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The BSList - Busted Cap Table (No. 104)

This is going to be BIG.

It’s this part: “I’m getting inbound from investors…” Nearly all of the inbound VC interest happening out there is from non-partner investors (i.e. A check-writing partner reaches out to you. But back to the cap table. Here’s why VC’s don’t actually care about your prior cap table in most circumstances.

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5 Tips for Raising a Venture Round

ReadWriteStart

If you're earlier in the process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Next if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with. Remember, once you screw up your Cap Table it's really hard to go back. Tip 2: Have a "real" lead.

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5 Tips for Raising a Venture Round

www.readwriteweb.com

If you're early in the investment process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Next, if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with. Remember, once you screw up your cap table it's really hard to go back. Tip 2: Have A Real Lead.

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

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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What to expect before accepting the offer to become Engineer #1 at a startup

The Next Web

Cap tables sound intimidating. Startup employees are granted common shares out of something called an option pool. It is typical for employees to vest their options over four years with a one year cliff, which means a new hire must stay on the company for at least one year to see any shares.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

A big-name VC firm will not screwyou too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them ifword got out. When we got into such a scrape, our investorstook advantage of it in a way that a name-brand VC probably wouldnthave. Thats where the name"incubator" comes from. What is an incubator? Im not sure myself.

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How Many Investors are Too Many?

Both Sides of the Table

I understand the appeal of having many VC firms on your cap table. You may feel as I did in 1999 that the more smart people around the table the more intros you’ll have, the more sage advice you’ll receive and the more impressive you’ll seem to outsiders. The Perils of Many.

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