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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

This is the feeling you get from watching the venture capitalists talk about the entrepreneurs and other investors in the film. I''m all for transparency, but won''t be naming names in this post as I don''t want to put some entrepreneurs in a difficult position. Startup outcomes tend to be very binary.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? For example carried interest takes years to accrue and is based on the efforts and decisions of both the individual and the firm that happened 5-10 years ago. Read More ยป.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. Most companies dont come close to their rose colored financial models prepared when going out for Series A financing.