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A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased

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This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.” “Profile” of the entrepreneur or company – first-time or experienced, background, graduating(/ed) from a particular accelerator, etc.

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Post-Seed Funding Checklist for Founder/CEOs

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Funding Announcement Figure out your PR strategy for announcing the round to get your plan in order. The following is a first pass at a checklist of items for Founder CEOs to take care of in the first couple weeks after they’ve closed their initial round of seed funding.

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A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased

Genuine VC

This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.” “Profile” of the entrepreneur or company – first-time or experienced, background, graduating(/ed) from a particular accelerator, etc.

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

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Additional systematic value-add after investment – Strategic venture investors can add a unique set of benefits, firms with large portfolios have network effects where many institute systematic sharing among the companies, some larger VCs offer a range of “full-service” including PR and recruiting and other functions.

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