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AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s conventional wisdom to say that it doesn’t, and that startups should keep their head down and execute. One of my side-project ideas is to try to create a new strategy course at a business school focused on startup competition. This is something I’m still struggling with honestly, so maybe this reflection is a cop-out.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

With the proliferation of multiple seed rounds prior to a Series A, these situations are coming up increasingly in the early stage startup ecosystem. That story is built brick by brick through subtle cues of amounts of insider participation, who issues a term sheet, structure of the financing, etc.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

In particular, he asked one very clever question of VCs to run a smoother, more effective process, culminating in four term sheets from interested, lead investors. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

In particular, he asked one very clever question of VCs to run a smoother, more effective process, culminating in four term sheets from interested, lead investors. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on The View From Seed.

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View from Seed

MARCH 12, 2015

Here at NextView, we (like all good VCs) encourage founders to ask questions they may have of us, but it’s just the nature of the interaction: We spend the majority of the time talking about the founders’ startup, not the VC firm. Talk to Your Startup Friends. So how can entrepreneurs do research on us VCs?

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JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s very hard to really tell who might be the perfect fit for your startup. Once a VC has given you a term sheet or told you that they want to invest, it’s fair game to ask VC’s to introduce you to founders they have worked that you can reference. All this work should be helpful, but don’t try to be too clever.

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MAY 12, 2015

Start with the firms of whatever city you’re in that have a history of investing in the stage and sector of your startup, then augment with additional firms outside your home geography which may have a strong particular fit with your company. ultimately, a term sheet) when pitching any given firm? Always think about fit.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

So they’re not going to be conducting multiple meetings if there isn’t a serious prospect of a startup becoming an investment. Especially during the early days of a startup, we believe the fundraising process is about finding true believers , not convincing the skeptics. VCs don’t like wasting their or their partners’ time.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

So they’re not going to be conducting multiple meetings if there isn’t a serious prospect of a startup becoming an investment. Especially during the early days of a startup, we believe the fundraising process is about finding true believers , not convincing the skeptics. VCs don’t like wasting their or their partners’ time.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s a quick look at the graphic as published in David’s article (click to view a larger version): In some cases, these steps are blurred or shuffled slightly in terms of sequence, but broadly speaking, most VC firm processes look basically like this. I’m going to discuss with our team here and then get back to you.”

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