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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. The Network May Not be as Valuable as It Seems. Even critics of business school will generally acknowledge that attending a top-tier school helps the student build a strong personal network.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. The Network May Not be as Valuable as It Seems. Even critics of business school will generally acknowledge that attending a top-tier school helps the student build a strong personal network.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Encyclopedic knowledge of term sheets and startup buzzwords can be quickly learned, trained, and packaged. In Silicon Valley, given how tightly knit the ecosystem has become, and how well-networked entrepreneurs have learned to be, there is almost no such thing as “proprietary” deal flow.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Early liquidity. Emily Campbell, Esq.

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How to Negotiate with Prospective Investors

Up and Running

Raising finance is a time consuming process and can also be quite stressful (particularly as time progresses). Similarly, if the investment is for growth capital, as opposed to capital to keep you afloat, the circumstances and investment terms will vary. Image via CrunchBase. What is their preferred exit strategy?

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. That changed very quickly.