YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. Not a bad close rate, I'd say--and a pretty great pay day. Did I mention it only took the founder a month?
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Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Take a small amount of equity (usually ~6%) and overall have terms that are favorable to entrepreneurs. Have a strong management team who are typically proven entrepreneurs. Accelerators business david cohen entrepreneur global accelerator network Seed money TechStars United States Venture Capital'
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
I know many super experienced entrepreneurs who don’t understand the basics of how fund size and age can affect them so I thought it was worth establishing a baseline. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. Why are VC’s really doing seed deals?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. And I’ve just completed my first seed deal of Ad.ly ($500k) with another exciting deal I hope to announce within 30 days.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
I’ve done 4 seed investments in the past year and they are 100% referenceable. Many firms do it in a way that can be more detrimental to entrepreneurs. I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. This is the nature of compromise.
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