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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. ” The Cost of Financing. Convertible Securities.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).

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How to calculate the equity split between co-founders in a startup

The Next Web

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. So, let’s say that one founder puts in $100,000 in seed capital, that could be worth 20 percent of a seed stage company’s valuation. How important is this person’s role?

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

Of partner? It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Reputation of firm? Deals done in your industry?

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Looking for investors? Here’s how to value your startup

The Next Web

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. One of the questions I get, more often than not, is what is the appropriate valuation of my business. Each industry typically has its unique valuation methodologies.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. with Honors) in International Relations from the University of Chicago where he won numerous awards. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.

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My XOXO Talk

Bryce Dot VC

What that meant is that six companies a year could achieve a hundred million in revenue or a billion in valuation. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. company is Tapster Robotics in Chicago. Another Indie.vc