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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. ” The Cost of Financing. Convertible Securities.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. That’s hard core.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. We expect that the financing scene in 2017 will look very similar to 2016. They make their products cheaper and easier to use in order to appeal to more customers. Looking ahead to 2017.

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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

Both Sides of the Table

and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Another benefit of talking freely, is that you may also find potential partners or future employees–other key components beyond investment money.

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Q&A: How To Deal With The Trough of Sorrow? And tips for bootstrapping companies

Rob Go

So I was excited to partner with the good folks at Intelligent.ly Even Mailbox (which just got acquired by DropBox for likely a big number) I’m sure faced a trough of sorry when they shifted resources away from their original product (behind which their raised their seed round) and pursued what could have been yet another email client.

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. Many very successful, non-technology companies have also been products of venture capital, including Home Depot, Starbucks, and Staples.

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