View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

There’s been a lot of digital ink spilled around the various types of capital available to startups today. As a startup grows, venture debt becomes a viable option to continue that growth. Glen is an active contributor to the local tech ecosystem and well-versed in how and when startups can use venture debt to their advantage.

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Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Capacity Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Indie.VC, Reformation Partners, UP Fund, Versatile VC. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

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

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

My father eventually decided on Santa Clara (Saratoga, more specifically), and so I grew up in the shadows of the orchards of Cupertino and the nondescript concrete startup boxes of Santa Clara. Encyclopedic knowledge of term sheets and startup buzzwords can be quickly learned, trained, and packaged.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Tim Keane

MAY 16, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets. Several months ago, I'd posted an article about term-sheets.  Several months ago, I'd posted an article about term-sheets.  Posted at 05:03 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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Term Sheet Valuation Wisconsin Angel Investor 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Let’s talk first about an angel round to individual investors, all of whom may be duly accredited but many of whom may have no background that enables them to understand fully your idea and your business model. In that case, you are not making a specific offer; you are soliciting a terms sheet.

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Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Merger 48

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. Funding decisions can take as little as 10 minutes depending on the amount of data provided by a business.”.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

Their business model was to provide retailers with a new interface for shopping for soft goods — something that hasn’t changed a whole lot since Web 1.0. The day before we were supposed to sign the term sheet for the investment, Like.com sued Ugmode (the parent company of Modista.com) for patent infringement.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Startups ›. View More in Startups ›. VP of Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft. VP of Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. View More in Life Sciences ›. The Skqueak That Roars: New App Combines Drawing, Audio, Images. Dan'l Lewin.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

K9 Ventures

JUNE 30, 2016

Every few weeks one of the founders of K9 Ventures’ portfolio companies forward over an email they’ve received from a “Partner” at a VC firm. Before you go any further, go read this post: Partner, Partner, Partner. Partner. <Firm Can we schedule an introductory call this week?

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Financial buyers are investors that are interested in a return on their investment business – which is the business of buying and selling companies. Instead of investing in the stock market or in startups (e.g., venture capital), they buy and sell companies and seek a return that way.

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Private Equity New York City Equity Deal Structure 59

Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations | Main. |   For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. .    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc.

Marketing 116

Marketing Wisconsin Startup Angel Investor 116

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. When you’re in a startup, it’s very easy to measure progress in 90 day increments - what milestones does the company need to hit each quarter? How did your perspective change when you changed roles?

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Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Because VC’s (not unlike yourself) are tremendously busy. The partner you saw is probably sitting on 5-6 boards which means he or she will be busy helping existing portfolio companies. Don’t be surprised if your logs don’t show that the partner has been using your product. ahead of thinking about you).

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Campaign Email Venture Capital Term Sheet 277

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Telling a customer you are busy--when you aren't 2.    Telling a VC you have another term sheet -- when you don't 3.    Telling a potential business partner you are close to signing with his competitor -- when you aren't 5. 

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Term Sheet Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 60

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

This week, we discuss how a philosophy degree compares to a much more conventional business background: the masters in business administration or MBA. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

This week, we discuss how a philosophy degree compares to a much more conventional business background: the masters in business administration or MBA. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.”

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2020

We ended up receiving a $5m term sheet from investors, dozens of government customers from all across the western United States, and several offers to acquire us for 10x the initial investment. Author, Accelerated Startup. It compares advantages like business model , target market, and product features.

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Product Marketing Silicon Valley Term Sheet 82

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Not all startups need outside investment to grow. What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Here’s the first 2½ years of a startup journey. The Startup Investment Landscape. Team, Product, Traction, Business Model and Market.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Another thing that skews the process is the lack of accessibility of many partner-level VCs, especially to diverse communities. You're a partner at a firm, you're married, have kids, etc., I offered a term sheet to lead a $1.6mm financing. Look, I get it. That doesn't happen too often and that needs to change.

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Founder Conversion Naming Term Sheet 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

.” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. In 2015 in the US there were $77 billion written into startup tech companies. goes into a startup. What hogwash.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2023

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Finding a co-founder is rarely a bad thing, since two heads are always better than one in meeting all the startup challenges. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

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Cofounder Startup Term Sheet Acquisition 389

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Finding a co-founder is rarely a bad thing, since two heads are always better than one in meeting all the startup challenges. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

Entrepreneur 307

Entrepreneur Cofounder Term Sheet Acquisition 307

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Finding a co-founder is rarely a bad thing, since two heads are always better than one in meeting all the startup challenges. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Startup Term Sheet Acquisition 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2016

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Finding a co-founder is rarely a bad thing, since two heads are always better than one in meeting all the startup challenges. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Term Sheet Acquisition Metrics 120

Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

million for the SaaS startup I founded because sometimes we see success coming out of the blue, when really that person benefited from a broad network of support. My partner and I sold the company in 2012, right when mainstream companies at both the SMB and enterprise level were starting to adopt cloud-based SaaS solutions.

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Term Sheet Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation 60

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In 1M/1M, we offer a case-study-based online educational program, video lectures, and methodology, online strategy consulting at public and private online roundtables, as well as introductions to customers, channel partners and investors (pre-seed, seed, angel, VC, bank, alternative financing).

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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