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8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Think twice before you jump in. Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Think twice before you jump in. Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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Validate The Pedigree Of A Startup Before You Jump

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Think twice before you jump in. Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

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Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. My business partner and I were elated. Our attorney should have known.

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8 Questions Before You Join Or Invest In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

How complex is the capitalization table? Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Think twice before you jump in. Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

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Capitalization Table and Shareholder Roster. If you are more of a technical person and not a business leader by nature, make sure your investor knows that you intend to hire a CEO to take your place as soon as reasonably possible. Financial Model and Balance Sheet (even if there are zeros across the board). Customer References.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Partner Anu Pathria, who helped to develop HNC’s Falcon system for making real-time predictions of credit card fraud, developed a similar analytics system to assess the risk of prospective VC deals. New York ›.