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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

Both Sides of the Table

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Lean startup: o It’s situational so some businesses are operationally/people intensive, high LTV (lifetime value) means you can spend more upfront. He met with 8 companies and got 6 term sheets, decided to take General Atlantic deal and that’s when Experian came back to buy the whole thing. He told them it was now or never.

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Twitter Link Roundup #182 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link]. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Sales Leads On A Small Budget – [link]. A founder-friendly term sheet – [link].

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The David S. Rose Reading List for High-Growth Startups

Up and Running

Why David Rose recommends it: “It lays out in explicitly stark terms the difference between ‘small business ownership’ and ‘entrepreneurship.’ The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. ” Lean Business Planning: Get What You Want From Your Business.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Instead of funding, you pay the investors a structured royalty, which is a portion of the sales. It is essential to understand the funding structure stated in your term sheet and the advantages and disadvantages it may have for your business. Royalty based investment. A royalty based investment is an exciting mode of funding.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

Five Easy Pieces – The Marketing Mission After a few months of talking to customers , talking to our channel and working with sales we defined the marketing Mission (our job) was to: Help Sales deliver $25 million in sales with a 45% gross margin. Two paragraphs, Five bullets. It didn’t take more.

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WSGR online venture financing term sheet generator

Startup Company Lawyer

Always looking for ways to better serve the entrepreneurial community, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to announce the release of the WSGR Term Sheet Generator , a publicly available online tool that allows entrepreneurs and investors to generate an initial draft of a term sheet for a preferred stock financing.