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16 Entrepreneurs Share Advice That’s The Complete Opposite of What They Learned Before Starting Their Venture

Hearpreneur

And, over-fundraising can trigger a domino effect of complications, from cap-table issues to inflated valuations, which can ruin future fundraising. 5- Hire the experts Photo Credit: Rachel Eigen “You can do it all starting small” — B.S. Thanks to Mike Pio Roda, The Creative VC ! #5-

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. So how does this work in practice? Entrepreneur : “Sure.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

That way, startups only have one entity in the cap table, which simplifies documentation and structure. It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different.

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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

You lose influence as larger investors come into the cap table and start throwing their weight around. 1/ Bottoms-Up Competition – Seed funds are getting scooped by the well-heeled alumni of today’s web scale companies. We know the web and mobile internet have hit critical mass and embedded into our lives.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

But sometimes, too often, the CTO falls back on hiring a friend or someone to whom they were introduced that sells them on their value-added. Posted at 12:28 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink Comments Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Click to email him.