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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

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Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. The Business of Venture Capital. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. Mastering the VC Game. A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

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It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part II

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With this deal structure, the angel is relying on the Series A investors to negotiate fair terms of the Preferred Stock that he or she will ultimately receive in the conversion, but has no opportunity to directly negotiate those terms.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part IV

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Having covered just about every path a convertible note can take, we’ll finish up the series by looking at a few miscellaneous term sheet items and revisiting the pros and cons of different deal structures.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part V

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Having come to the end of our overview series, I’ll discuss some of the pros and cons of different deal structures, more recent innovations such as Series Seed documents, and other variations in future posts.

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