Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Here someone who is not a registered financial broker contacts you on the Internet, tells you about all the people they know with money, then turns around to ask for a “retainer” or fee to cover their time and efforts. No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

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. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. No validated pain, no deal.

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David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. If I’m missing any from the list below, please contact me. CONFERENCES. BACKGROUND.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

To do so, Danielle didn’t wait for people to come into contact with Mattermark and enter into the top of their funnel. Instead, the company simply started contacting people directly, sharing real value in the form of useful or interesting content for investors. “If If you’re going to just contact people, what do you have to say?“

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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. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. No validated pain, no deal.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Contact Us.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Contact the VC again when you’ve signed a few more big deals. 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. Schedule a follow up meeting. Neither is the norm.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

It is essential to understand the funding structure stated in your term sheet and the advantages and disadvantages it may have for your business. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. No validated pain, no deal.

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Early Growth Financial Services

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

What is a term sheet, and why should you care about it? Questions about term sheets? Ask in comments below, or contact Early Growth Financial Services for help understanding your term sheet, and other financial support. Check out my quick overview.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Mix it up with different agencies, people run out or creativity/contacts. He met with 8 companies and got 6 term sheets, decided to take General Atlantic deal and that’s when Experian came back to buy the whole thing. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The post “ What I learned from raising venture capital ” by Gabriel Weinberg , the founder of DuckDuckGo is one of them. WHAT TO DO WHEN RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL. Having multiple term sheets makes a difference. WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. Contact : to existing portfolio, to internal team resources, to LPs. Union Square Ventures ( [link] ). Use at your own risk.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

The two most popular posts remain this one on term sheet negotiation and this one on venture debt , although this one on convertible debt is giving them a run for their money. Tips: $75 HOT All-Hands Team Meeting Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs Customer Support 2.0 Bookmark the permalink.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 25, 2011

In certain deals (like a venture capital financing) this is critical because you will, in effect, be married to the guys on the other side of the table for a number of years. through his contacts, technical expertise, etc.)? Will he add significant value (e.g., What is his motivation to do this deal? Is he a good guy or a jerk?

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 1, 2010

This Thursday, June 3rd at 12pm EST, we will be opening the doors to Venture Capital Bootcamp , our 4-week online venture capital coaching program. You’ll receive step-by-step training walking you through the entire venture capital process from start to finish.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 24, 2010

Next week, I'll be opening up registration for my new online training program, Venture Capital Bootcamp. Venture Capital Bootcamp is a four-week interactive e-class where I'll guide you step-by-step through the process of raising venture capital, from start to finish. Here's What's Included.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

They had received a term sheet from a VC and were wondering whether to work with this firm. I often tell people that raising venture capital is more difficult than getting married. Not so in venture capital. But what about once you have a term sheet? You’re tied at the hip to your VC.

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Startup Company Lawyer

APRIL 22, 2009

Always looking for ways to better serve the entrepreneurial community, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to announce the release of the WSGR Term Sheet Generator , a publicly available online tool that allows entrepreneurs and investors to generate an initial draft of a term sheet for a preferred stock financing.

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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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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Every investor on Gust is an Accredited Investor that has been provided access to the system by either an official angel group known to Gust, a venture capital fund, or another startup in which they are investing. Any legitimate investor who finds you through Gust will also contact you through Gust!

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

This is because even with all their relevant experience, the average venture capital firm will lose money on half the companies they invest in and only break even on a third. So, the first criteria when seeking venture capital is that you can offer the potential of a 10X return to them. So follow this plan: 1.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

A venture capital firm is a financial institution that focuses on providing capital, in the form of equity, to companies who offer them the prospects of significant growth. The partners and associates at venture capital firms are known as venture capitalists. Find the appropriate person to contact.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Not so in venture capital. But what about once you have a term sheet? Most VC’s will happily supply you with a list of CEO contacts of the people who will speak to you about working with them. Don’t let that be you.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends. Term Sheets. Venture Capital. Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. Blog blog archive. Quora Answers. About Matt. Client references. Recent Posts. Categories.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

Others spend money on mailing lists and investor contacts and “cold calling” a few thousand people, hoping to find someone willing to take a risk on an unknown company. As they say, you only get one chance to make a great first impression, so don’t pitch to a key angel group or venture capital team for practice.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I don''t remember when I started talking to Rob, but I know it was before February of 2005, because I found "rob@businesspundit.com" in the contacts I ported over when I left GM and went to USV. Maybe I should be writing that into my term sheets from now on: "If this crazy thing works, you have to invest in the next fund after you exit.".

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While this post is written about raising venture capital (which I always remind entrepreneurs IS a sales process) the lessons can be applied to any sale or biz dev deal. And frankly if you do get a term sheet one day these are the people you’ll be working with so the more you know them (and their reputation) the better.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . I know of funds using Constant Contact , Goodbits , Pardot and Publicate to create light newsletters for internal and external consumption. If you have one, please contact me.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

If they wanted to talk to people this should have the contact details. Did you mention an executive contact that they’d like to meet? We don’t have a term sheet yet but seem close. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Regardless of whether you’re raising venture capital, approaching angels or still trying to figure out where to get started, it’s critical to stay level-headed about what you’re really pitching - and what it’s actually worth. We raised $1 million for Spool in 48 hours because we approached it as long-term relationship-building.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” Broker critical introductions since entrepreneurs are often younger & newer to industry whereas the best VCs often have great contacts across decades and many deals. The second is not.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

That situation sounds very positive in theory, but the problem is that this founder wasn’t ready for this interest and is trying to play catch up in other capital raising discussions (with both angels and VCs). Like most things, knowing who, when, how much, about what, and how often to talk to VCs about your startup is not clear-cut.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

That situation sounds very positive in theory, but the problem is that this founder wasn’t ready for this interest and is trying to play catch up in other capital raising discussions (with both angels and VCs). Like most things, knowing who, when, how much, about what, and how often to talk to VCs about your startup is not clear-cut.

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Altgate

MARCH 17, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Global Nuances of Startup Compensation Obama Shoots Down 90% Tax Bracket → Popular Posts Posted on March 17, 2009 by fnazeeri Once again, here is a list of some of the more popular posts on this blog.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Do your homework on the Internet and through contacts to find out their strengths, weaknesses, biases, curiosities, and insecurities, Knowledge is power, and that can be used for leverage. On the other hand, when negotiating a financing for your company, you should never present your term sheet first.

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