Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I actually think a strong lead with some well-placed and experienced angels is the right mix. I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. The right ones are invaluable additions. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all can intuit the benefits to founders of these trends so there’s little reason to elaborate. I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 27, 2021

The conversation with your co-founder about only one founder/executive on the board. You already have 100% of the mindshare and ambassadorship your co-founder has to offer. This one will be the most personally difficult, since you likely have a strong personal bond. and “How come my vote doesn’t count?”

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Vesting Cofounder Startup Term Sheet 48

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

Google Ventures was one of our co-investors, and in addition to all the other typical support GV provides their portfolio, this startup gained some unique insights for their organic and paid search strategy which were impactful and couldn’t have been gleaned elsewhere. .

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). Right of first offer on future financings. Information rights. Co-sale rights. Information rights. Registration rights.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

Rashmi Sinha, co-founder and CEO of SlideShare , describes an early version of the analytics package that’s part of the Pro accounts the company announced today. “We don’t give you all this Pro plan information right away when you join SlideShare.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

John Jantsch: Today’s episode is brought to you by Break Through The Noise , the new book by Tim Staples, Co-Founder and CEO of Shareability. Aaron Weiche: Yeah, what we have seen more is that evening out a lot more, and no surprise, right? Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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