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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. Encyclopedic knowledge of term sheets and startup buzzwords can be quickly learned, trained, and packaged. Dealflow in Southern California is much more organic and less efficient.

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Twitter Networks are Different than Social Networks

Both Sides of the Table

I was raising money for my second company and having been burned by term sheets on my first company I was eager to get myself knowledgeable before signing up to take VC again. I started reading Brad’s “term sheet&# series. Brad Feld : I first learned of Brad Feld like many of you – through his blog.

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There Is Only ONE Silicon Valley

Gust

Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

He was the first guy that I saw demystify the legal terms in his term sheet series. He mostly covers Southern California. of Stubbs Alderton, a firm that focused exclusively on early-stage tech, media and game companies in Southern California. That’s why I love VentureHacks. And Brad Feld.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

True Ventures – When I was raising capital for my second company back in 2006 I had talked to many brand-name VCs and had several term sheets. I chose them because they were the most transparent and because they gave me the cleanest term-sheet in an era when most VCs still tried to screw you. And for me.

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

Both Sides of the Table

But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. What gives? Am I a hypocrite? Actually, I’ve changed my views slightly on the issue.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

If they see you when you’ve already got your first term sheet and they’ve got 3 weeks to decide then by definition they have no relationship with you. We’re the largest fund in Southern California. ” All VCs want early access. So winning means they’re paying the highest price.

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