Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Many are well known.

Monaco 420

Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 420

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Sure, there will always be another investor who hears that you’ve got a term sheet that is willing to one-up it on price, but it’s really hard to get that first one in the pool. The investor water cooler occasionally falls victim to reputation racketeering.

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Equity Term Sheet Seed Stage Angel Investor 104

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate. Corporate venturing is venture capital, not corporate financial asset management. This sector has come a long way and matured a lot. .

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Many are well known. Yeah, I trust you.

Monaco 122

Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 122

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. It has reputation. Our answer: a network.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

I've opened the comments on this one--because while I normally think comments are kind of a pain in the butt to manage and I'd much rather someone e-mail me if they really cared to have a conversation, I think it's important enough for this post to get into as much dialogue a possible. I offered a term sheet to lead a $1.6mm financing.

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Founder Conversion Naming Term Sheet 118

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors. The Sharks Arrive With Dirty Term Sheets. The typical Silicon Valley term sheet does not include such terms.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The term sheet converts all the convertible debt into a post-money valuation of $100, essentially making the convertible debt worthless. The founders usually get wiped out completely, but existing management usually ends up with new options for between 10% and 20% of the company. So they recapitalize the company.

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Recapitalization Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Angel Investor 70

Venture Chronicles

JULY 16, 2010

The second scenario is the pulled term sheet. The way the VC process works is that the fund will work an internal process with a company to get to the point where a term sheet is committed… that term sheet broadly outlines (literally in outline form) the terms and conditions for the proposed investment.

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Due Diligence Term Sheet Limited Partner LP 28

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

We opened a small bookkeeping firm and managed end-to-end accounting and payables for 10 small businesses for around four months, purely for research purposes. In fact the term sheet was signed the day before the world went into lockdown! We’ve been able to attract people from Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other startups.

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B2B Cofounder Small Business 62

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

But dont underestimate the importance of achieving a basic threshold of "this looks good (and reputable)." If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Often times, that work eventually goes beyond your job description. Dwelling on Things. "A

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53