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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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How a Seed VC Approaches Pre-Product Startups

View from Seed

It’s often a good idea for founders to find a way to build something and get some early market validation before raising outside capital. But doing that is sometimes not practical given your personal runway or because the product you want to build requires additional capital very early on. Is there founder/market fit?

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part I

Gust

It should therefore come as no surprise that an asymmetry of information exists, mostly gleaned from experience, between founders and investors in a venture financing deal. Experienced investors often don’t feel the need to involve legal counsel in most typical convertible debt seed or angel round investments.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion dollars of regional GDP.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. This will almost always be the best approach to an investor.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

Now, as CEO and founder of Carbon Health , Eren is leading one of the country's fastest growing healthcare startups. But now as CEO and founder of Carbon Health, Eren is leading one of the fastest growing healthcare startups. Eren spoke openly about his growth as a founder and leader, as well as gave candid advice for future founders.