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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends entrepreneurs see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- I am a business owner who works to help entrepreneurs incorporate or form LLCs for their businesses. 24- Personal finances awareness. 1- Use of cheaper online divorce tools.

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Angel Investing 4 – Why You Need Deep Pockets to Win Big

Both Sides of the Table

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). “When our capital and participation has helped de-risk a business to the point where it is appropriate to follow on and finance growth, we want to step up to do our pro rata and beyond.&#.

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. The triage problem – What many entrepreneurs didn’t fully understand was the triage problem that faced investors.

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Entrepreneurs Dislike Signaling; VCs Dislike Free Riders

Feld Thoughts

There were a bunch of good comments that caused me to realize that I wrote the post from the perspective of a VC, not an entrepreneur. In many cases, the consequences for not participating are significant and you can get a taste for this from the post on the term Pay-to-Play that my partner Jason and I wrote in 2005.

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

Tim Keane

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. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Founders – Use Your Down Round To Clean Up Your Cap Table

Feld Thoughts

And, rather than rational and helpful thoughts for entrepreneurs, it often brings out the schadenfreude in even the most talented people. We entrepreneurs have been spinning that line for decades in every boom cycle. Until you are consistently generating positive cash flow, you depend on someone else for financing.

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Founder Interview: Felix Shipkevich and the Disruption in LegalTech

The Startup Magazine

Consumers rely on search engines and pay-to-play rating sites to find legal counsel. We are currently gearing up for our Series A round of financing, the first round from venture capital. I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost two decades. (Share with us what problem you’re solving).

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