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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. I often counsel the following: set a minimum amount of the round &# X&# (for example $500k) and put a clause in the term sheet that allows you to do a second closing of up to “X&# + 50% ($250k in this example) in up to 90 days post closing at the same price. Photo credit: D.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

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Ability to Pivot – I don’t like to invest in people that I’ve never met before who come through my office wanting to have a term sheet within 30 days. Yes, there is the mythical company you all heard about that walked into Sequoia and had a term sheet 24 hours later. I’m sure that happens.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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I Would Only Fund an Entrepreneur with High Integrity

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During the final pre-term sheet due diligence we discovered that the CEO had had a felony arrest for a significant crime that he hadn’t disclosed to us. I know that many media outlets would like to portray this in a different way but knowing many of these individuals I believe it is true for most.

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Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why …

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” Getting a term sheet on the table is the second most sure way to get a potential acquirer to move faster. And using the term sheet to get to a “yes” is a huge first step. case, which is what is often never written in the annals of the tech news media. But that’s another story. .”

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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He was the first guy that I saw demystify the legal terms in his term sheet series. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. You can’t just understand “redemption rights&# in theory. That’s why I love VentureHacks.