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

YoungUpstarts

He has acquired extensive experience in coaching, creating, managing, developing and financing more than 200 high-tech startups across several sectors, including the medical and information technologies. 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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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

Gust

The Business of Venture Capital. 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. A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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Sell Your Startup with a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

The Startup Magazine

These statements should outline your company’s budget, current and projected financing needs, market analysis, and marketing strategy. Most importantly, your business plan will be able to help you determine your target market, determine the level of financing that you’ll need, and project your financial future.

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

Just a few of these terms include vesting, corporate structure, governance principles, financing strategy, valuation and exit strategy. Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part II

Gust

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. In this installment, I’ll dig into the “how” by dissecting an example term sheet based on a real deal. As with so many subjects in law and finance, mastering the jargon is half the battle.

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Are You Selling Your Company? Be Careful with Financial Buyers!

Scott Edward Walker

venture capital), they buy and sell companies and seek a return that way. It matters because, unless you understand the motivation of a prospective buyer, it will be very difficult to make informed decisions with respect to critical deal issues. How Is the Deal Structure Different with a Financial Buyer?