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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

The reports showcase raw data, analytics, visualizations, and benchmarking statistics on the company from dozens of sources, including team, intellectual property, technology, product, financial, banking, marketing, customer, risk, valuation, and investment information.”. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Better how?

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

In fact, in this new fundraising environment (with syndicates on AngelList , etc.), Accordingly, the goal is to get several term sheets and to play investors off of each other to negotiate the best possible structure and terms (or, better yet, have your lawyer draft the term sheet and control the drafting).