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Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School?

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Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship: While the exact title and contents of this class may vary depending on the business school you attend, as a first time founder, it’s incredibly important to understand all of the legal considerations around starting your own company (e.g.,

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.

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How I Pitched My Business and Raised $2.3 Million in VC Funding

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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. So I applied and was lucky enough to be accepted at Harvard Business School, where I started in the fall of 2013. See Also: What Do Venture Capital Firms Want?