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What Entrepreneurs Should do about Price Fixing

Both Sides of the Table

I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. So what is an entrepreneur to do? I sometimes ask entrepreneurs. We discuss deal structures. But I do the same thing with entrepreneurs and I do it publicly on This Week in VC.

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Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

Place your bets on an entrepreneur who has the guts to pivot, restructure, bounce back, and the stamina to re-orientate his business when profitability starts to seem bleak. With over a decade of hands-on experience in venture capital, Emmanuel is also an expert in M&A and deal structuring.

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Sell Your Startup with a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

The Startup Magazine

Deal structure is equally important, and the right advisor can make all the difference in negotiating the best deal for your startup. As an entrepreneur, you already built a marketable startup. They can evaluate buyers based on reputation, history, goals, and ability to complete the acquisition.

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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. If you remove the owner, the business struggles and collapses.

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

Gust

Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. The Business of Venture Capital. 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

Startup Professionals Musings

Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an Angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either.

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

These usually involve a handful of angel investors, and a few entrepreneurs, who all want to build the very best term sheet for their exciting nascent enterprise. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. It was not until the later 1980s that the preferred share structure became popular.