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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Generous With Investors

YoungUpstarts

It’s often more all about fearing how tough VCs are going to be with their term sheets and ‘standard’ clauses. You’re going to be asking your investors for a lot of generosity in their patience, more money, introductions, and all types of daily operational help. Your Reputation is on the Line.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. The term sheets tend to be fairly standardized and straightforward as well. Term sheets are littered with many more obscure protective provisions and onerous terms. Unfortunately, none of it happens this way in Asia.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve met several people from Cooley Godward who have stellar reputations in this category. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. I already mentioned DLA Piper. I know Mike Lincoln in Washington DC does.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

In either case, corporations have to set up their investment vehicles so that the venture capital community sees them as serious players. There is a possibility that Amex may explore acquisitions within the Amex Ventures portfolio, but those discussions will be on market terms similar to those with other potential acquirers.”.

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What a New VC’s Goals Look Like: Homebrew’s First Two Years

Hunter Walker

We have 20 year roadmaps for Credibility in the marketplace, Community building with founders, co-investors and the broader world, and Counsel , mechanisms to provide scalable and effective assistance to companies. Get Homebrew operations up and running. This is a conversation which should happen before the term sheet has been signed).

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product. 2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? 1) How is the portfolio performing?

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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. Bloomberg Beta open-sources their entire operating manual on Github, where their website lives. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. Finally, 15% of the funds require a majority vote. “.