Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

TL;DR Nutshell : There are few governance-related decisions with a more outsized impact on a company’s power structure than the selection of an independent director. Does the candidate regularly invest in other startups alongside your investors, perhaps as part of a seed fund, accelerator network, or other group?

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Term Sheet Institutional Investors Technical Review Lead Investor 48

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. There is nothing wrong with using a SAFE or a convertible note in a startup if you know its implications. Yes, and it’s a lot simpler than making your startup grow into a successful company.

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Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Startups intuitively get the idea of creating new business models as part of their mission. In the U.S. Bet on them.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. equity debate.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. Corporate venture groups are making it easier for startups to access this talent by setting up learning and co-working spaces on their premises. Some corporate funds now lead rounds.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 15, 2016

I wrote about this a lot in my book Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors. Post seed boards tend to be founder and investor-centric. With each round, the new lead investor gets a board seat and all of the other significant investors get either a board seat of an observer seat.

Sales 70

Sales Seed Stage Early Stage Finance 70

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This is the norm for West Coast deals, but it’s often the case in dealing with East Coast investors (more commonly for VC financing rounds rather than angel seed rounds) that the lead investor wants its lawyers to draft the documents.

Finance 79

Finance Term Sheet Covenant Accredited Investor 79

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. I wrote recently about the role of Advisory Boards in startups , which I expected to be a bit controversial. Just to baseline for newer entrepreneurs – there are three types of people you may see involved with a startup that have the title “board&# attached to them.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you're a startup investor, you have to take risk somewhere. Biotech investors do it all the time. Their returns are predicated on a government body saying that it's ok to stay in business. They were introduced to me by Josh Forman, who I had spoken to a year earlier about his own startup. No risk, no return.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2010

The company announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. We look forward to taking advantage of the insights and know-how of these industry-leading investors.”. Power consumption matters more than ever.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

What stage of startups are you looking at and what do you look for initially? Have you invested in any startups thus far? Second, we operate autonomously with a small investment committee (3 ppl) and separate governance structure. We’re a small fund with $30M of committed capital, so we focus on Seed and Series A opportunities.

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