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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. I’ll make my next posting shorter. It creeps people out.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

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[U.S.] Small Businesses Look To Hire In The Next Six Months: Pepperdine

YoungUpstarts

“Small businesses should be a top consideration as the President and other legislators seek to jump start job creation,” says John Paglia, lead researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and associate professor of finance at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. were successful. “If

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. No right or wrong answer here, but if this is your vision then it's important to consider when negotiating deal terms on earlier stage financing rounds. Seed Funding 3.

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The most important person on the startup team

Berkonomics

500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges - An Emerging Trend

ReadWriteStart

Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. When two out of four pitches in a session are from the same category, it most certainly makes me take notice.

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