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. They're just not very good at raising venture capital--which, in the later stage, has more to do with your own ability to run a sales process. Did I mention it only took the founder a month?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. They said that they didn’t want the extra money or dilution. We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Maybe I need to do slightly later stage.” Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. But why don’t you just give me the damn term sheet you promised so I can trust you even more.
Gust
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Maybe I need to do slightly later stage.”. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. But why don’t you just give me the damn term sheet you promised so I can trust you even more. I want to do this again.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
Having been through the company-building process myself and after a decade in VC working with thousands of companies and negotiating hundreds of term sheets, I wrote this book to help demystify the process. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.
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