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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

Gust

Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Venture Deals. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship. The Business of Venture Capital. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. Mastering the VC Game.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. These “IV drip” financings may reduce risk for investors, but put more pressure on founders. But due diligence and paperwork take time, and can change everything.

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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. These “IV drip” financings may reduce risk for investors, but put more pressure on founders. But due diligence and paperwork take time, and can change everything.

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

Just a few of these terms include vesting, corporate structure, governance principles, financing strategy, valuation and exit strategy. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. It was not until the later 1980s that the preferred share structure became popular.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Gust

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. These “IV drip” financings may reduce risk for investors, but put more pressure on founders. Due diligence and paperwork take time, and can change everything.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. A simple example would be if Customer A signs a one-year deal at $10,000 per month, and Customer B signs a three-year deal at $5,000 per month. Philippe Botteri.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

One of the best ways to arm yourself going into negotiations is to know this number and be prepared to blow up the entire deal if it cannot be met. That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure. I love writing this blog, but I’m not up for the book deal that was offered me.

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