Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. ” Yes, the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) is exciting, and it will bring a lot more potential investors into the marketplace.
Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
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. Let me paint the picture for you: We were about two months into our startup idea.
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www.xconomy.com
JUNE 9, 2012
Startups ›. View More in Startups ›. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. Venture Capital innovation people. View More in Life Sciences ›. View More in Mobile ›.
David Teten
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
This is the third of three blog posts on financial modeling for startups. The first was on best practices in building financial models , and the second was a template financial model for a startup. Download the Startup Options Valuation model here. Valuing startups is a far fuzzier process. Participa.me
www.mattbartus.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. I can tell you that, among other problems, any uncertainty in the capitalization table when the company is acquired will be resolved squarely and unequivocally in favor of the buyer. Venture Capital.
Pascal's View
JULY 9, 2017
There is nothing wrong with using a SAFE or a convertible note in a startup if you know its implications. The bottom line: Startup CEOs/Founders need to do the projected capitalization table math on an as-converted, post-money basis from Day 1, before issuing any notes and modeling various possible future scenarios.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 18, 2011
The book originated in 2005 when Jason and I wrote a long series of posts on this blog about a typical Venture Capital term sheet. After I wrote Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup with David Cohen (the CEO of TechStars ), Jason and I decided to write Venture Deals. The Capitalization Table.
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