The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. The term sheets tend to be fairly standardized and straightforward as well. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics. Term sheets are littered with many more obscure protective provisions and onerous terms.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 23, 2015

In one particular way, being a venture investor is simple: your ultimate metric for success is in the financial return you deliver to your investors. There may be a thousand different paths to this success and you might be judged on the quality or repeatability of the path your select, but there’s no vanity metric to hide behind.

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Cofounder Term Sheet Metrics .Net 48

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? Prospective LPs evaluating NextView tend to focus their due diligence on conversations with these folks as well as other trusted participants in the startup community that are likely to have a POV on us. 1) How is the portfolio performing?

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Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. It has reputation. Our answer: a network.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. Anything that hints of a down round brings questions about the success metrics that have already been “booked.”

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Ning Communities. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? On-line Communities. WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Google Groups. Forms/Surveys. Google Forms. Survey Monkey. Ad Promotion.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53