Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Tags: entrepreneur investor due diligence founder business. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Legal costs of early stage financing should be cheap – this is one of the final remaining arguments for convertible debt but even Paul acknowledges that this is no longer necessarily the case: “Different terms for different investors is clearly the way of the future. Markets always evolve toward higher resolution.

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Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Deposit required to hold your terms. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. The SEC and local law enforcement agencies can’t help you much with foreign scams. Won the lottery.

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Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Deposit required to hold your terms. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. The SEC and local law enforcement agencies can’t help you much with foreign scams. Won the lottery.

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Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 202

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

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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Entrepreneur Term Sheet Early Stage Affiliate 291

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The financial plan should include a profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement that ties together and is consistent with the business plan narrative. Main Street has a desired investment term of three to five years. Tags: entrepreneur investor angel successful funding business. Participation. Partnership.

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Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Phoenix Arizona 265

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

3- Apple air tags. Apple Air Tags have transformed my travel experience. When traveling I simply slip a tag in each bag, both cabin and hold, and I know their exact location until I arrive at my destination. Air tags for me have actually been pretty life-changing. 4- Google Sheets and Google Docs.

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Technical Review Technology Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 104

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. When we funded our two seed deals we used the Y Combinator Open Source Term Sheet and were highly entrepreneur friendly. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice. The contra is also true.

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

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. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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Social Network Networking Southern California Term Sheet 347

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

Now, we’re doing this using Google Sheets and video conferences, and other asynchronous forms of communication. Whether it’s reassuring the team about the short-term and long-term future of the company, staying positive, and making sure you substitute for all the social connections that would have otherwise happened in an office.

Silicon Valley 198

Silicon Valley Distribution Engineer Technical Review 198

ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2020

From my time revising encyclopedias, I think in terms of “M” Mistakes and “m” mistakes. “M” The beta version of our triage sheet , which we still use today, includes seven metrics spread across four categories: Age; Historical value; Organic potential; Outdated risk. Where do you start? We’re somewhere in the middle. Historical value.

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Analytics Metrics Technical Review Search 68

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The post is written in these six steps: Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Tag your mobile website. Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Always, always, tag every link (owned, earned or paid). Tag your mobile website. Dive into Mobile Reporting and Analysis.

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Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. And I know many stories of Benchmark or similar investors writing term sheets after the first meeting. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. I know that in a booming market people fund quickly.

Technical Review 309

Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

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. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Another CEO presented to us from a company that was growing at a tremendously fast clip.

Technical Review 284

Technical Review Due Diligence Entrepreneur Early Stage 284

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

But all the long-term value is in the “how.” Why ask Aleyda Solis to write a playbook on hreflang tags when a freelancer could get it two-thirds of the way there? The same applies to instructions that rely on opaque, catch-all terms: “Segment your audience based on key factors.” Novel metaphors don’t improve rankings.

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Analytics Acquisition Channel B2C 161

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I know that eventually if your company is out of cash and you need the money you’ll take it even on punishing terms. Many term sheets ensued. I had that against the backdrop of several term sheets. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. The other 3 are still pending but since I am close to agreeing a term sheet it doesn’t make sense to pursue things at this stage. Biggest lessons ….

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! They’ll help you ensure that any money you raise doesn’t come with surprise terms that are hidden in legalese. the link is here.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Stat that matters : From this CNN Money article , Microsoft Bing has been on the rise every year since 2009 in terms of market share for search, largely due to Microsoft products including Bing as their default option. Make it easy for customers to check in and tag you in social media. Both will help your balance sheet.

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Small Business Software Review Social Media Balance Sheet 167

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It consists of a standard term sheet, automatically generated closing documents, and tools to manage the process including electronic signatures, managing wire information, generating PDFs, and more. AngelList will then automatically generate a term sheet and closing documents. Tags: Angellist. → Learn more.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and got an 8-digit term sheet that same afternoon. The VC firm delivered a term sheet for an 8-digit second round that afternoon. Here’s how they did it. And learn from it.”

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley RSS Hockey Stick 209

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 28, 2019

One of Mark’s core beliefs is that good SEO requires a thorough understanding of the company’s marketing goals, the target audience, and the competitive environment, which doesn’t work well with contractors unless it’s a long term arrangement where educating them is worth the effort. SEO Cannibalization is a Thing, to Avoid.

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SEO Analytics Florida Search 56

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Personal balance sheets are still stretched: The problem in the US starts & ends with “consumerism” that was fueled by artificially high real estate prices, which drove up spending and the stock market. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis. I doubt they will ever catch up.&#. today (and that excludes the effects of inflation).

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

was still a term being bandied about. My partnership was pretty bearish and scratched our heads a bit at price tags. On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity. We have a two-track economy.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

Its thinking about how we can serve your long-term interests, and not just the problem of the moment. New "Plain Preferred" Term Sheet 08/24/2009: by Adeo Ressi Public: TheFunded Founder Institute has just released a new "Plain Preferred" term sheet with support of the blogosphere, including top-rated venture capitalist, Fred Wilson.

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Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Pitching a VC“ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests.

Founder Vesting 252

Founder Vesting Vesting Founder Term Sheet 252

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. VC’s often talk about this term as in the total amount of funds EVER raised by that VC. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You invest low amounts of capital and the company gets to IPO (96-99) or trade sale (05-08) without raising too much capital and certainly not on punishing terms. More money is needed, VCs are harder to come by and when they invest it can be on penalizing terms. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from an angel, either. Your best strategy is to bring your own term sheet to the negotiation as a starting point. Liquidation preference. Marty Zwilling.

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Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 227

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 Today,  Wilson Sonsini  announced the launch of a " term sheet generator." "  It's basically a web tool that creates draft preferred financing term sheets for startups. "  It's basically a web tool that creates draft preferred financing term sheets for startups.

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Term Sheet Intellectual Property Venture Capital Hawaii 52

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). This post assumes that you have a basic understanding of Series A financing terms. Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

By far the hardest step in all this is getting a term sheet. Once you have a term sheet in hand, and assuming good faith, everything else will follow. The best way to get a term sheet is to concentrate your efforts on an investor who has the ability, history and interest in leading rounds.

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Term Sheet Angel Groups Finance Naming 101

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests.

Founder Vesting 252

Founder Vesting Vesting Founder Term Sheet 252

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

The other departments in marketing gave the same answers; the product-marketing department said their job was to write data sheets. Titles are not your job When I pressed my staff to explain why marketing did trade shows, or wrote press releases or penned data sheets, the best I could get was “why that’s our job.”

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Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS PR 259

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I hear people, you know, use that term for something that they're really into and it just takes in all their senses. So in terms of customer lifetime value, I want you to have an amazing experience every time you interact with me online in person, right? So I think in the retail setting, there's this term narrative retail.

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Framework Technical Review Software Review Naming 78

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

Gordon Platt, President, Gotham Media , observes, “You may meet people on-line, but when’s the last time you really made a long-term, financially meaningful commitment exclusively as the result of a virtual interaction?” Google Sheets supplants Slideshare and Scribd, which I used to use but are far inferior for my purposes.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60