Cofounder Entrepreneur Seed Money Term Sheet 
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. Did I mention it only took the founder a month? The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. Not a bad close rate, I'd say--and a pretty great pay day.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. I’m reminded of this feeling.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
I know many super experienced entrepreneurs who don’t understand the basics of how fund size and age can affect them so I thought it was worth establishing a baseline. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. Why are VC’s really doing seed deals?
Gust
OCTOBER 2, 2014
It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. I’m reminded of this feeling. It’s all too familiar.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Not FU money, but “feed the family&# money. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers. You've seen how venture capital works from both sides--as an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist.
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