A VC : Venture Capital and Technology

JUNE 21, 2017

Cooley, one of the top startup law firms, has open sourced the legal documents required to do a Series Seed or Convertible Note financing. They are available on Cooley’s CooleyGo document generation platform and also on GitHub. Kudos to Cooley for doing this. We need to make the transaction costs of getting a financing done as low as possible and putting the legal docs into the public domain is a great step forward in doing that.

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Launch Any

DECEMBER 8, 2015

“Great API documentation is essential” many people exclaim. Finally, you reach that glorious moment: “Documentation is done! The Hidden Value of API Documentation. API documentation tells the story of your API. Beyond API Reference Documentation.

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Launch Any

JANUARY 12, 2016

APIs do not have a user interface, so your documentation is the primary communication method for developers to interact with your API. As previously discussed, our API documentation needs to move beyond API reference documentation and into all aspects of the API lifecycle.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. It's fine to send out documents that have older information.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2015

You can opt for document to PDF, combine files to PDF, web to PDF, as well as PDF to Word, Excel or images. How to convert documents to PDF with Docs.Zone. Alongside the fact that you can transform simple documents to PDF, you can also merge them to PDF as well.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There are several ways you can go about saving money, but one of the best and easiest is to use document management software (DMS). No matter what type of business you have, document management software is a crucial piece to cost savings. By Benoy Tamang, CEO of eFileCabinet.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The operational details of a small business can range from simple to wildly complex, but documenting them well is something you will never regret and something that (post-bus) may save your business!

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Brandanew

AUGUST 31, 2016

Research by Content Marketing Institute (and partners) shows that only 32% B2B businesses in 2016 had a documented content strategy. And at the same time, 48% businesses cited a documented content marketing strategy as the reason for their overall improvement in content effectiveness.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

Looking at the course of information “management’s” evolution over the past twenty years, companies have, in general, evolved to predominately rely on and store information digitally, yet un-securely and through paper documents, too. By Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet.

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ycombinator.com

MARCH 2, 2010

Series AA Equity Financing Documents Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy toannounce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. These documents were originally created for YC-funded startups to use whenraising angel rounds.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes “First they ignore you.   That said, I think this quote accurately captures the life-cycle of creating a simple set of documents for early stage investment. of the Series Seed Documents as well as a red-line showing the changes I’ve made from the original set. 

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Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog

MAY 26, 2016

It's essential not to neglect the nuts and bolts of content, and it's more and more important to make sure that business documents are web accessible. At a meeting for potential clients, these documents can quickly be shared.

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Inc Startups

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The Facebook founder has considered going into government, according to lawsuit documents that include the texts

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

VC Cafe summarized some of the better ‘open source’ legal docs out there – it’s certainly not a replacement for a lawyer – but it will help you get a leg up to see the documents and understand them before you actually sign the dotted line.

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Inc Startups

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

DocuSign users can now request payments through the platform, streamlining the contract-signing and invoicing process

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Soho Solutionist

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The post Organize Your Small Business: Apps To Manage Business Documents appeared first on SOHO Tech Training. As I mentioned last week, January is Get Organized month.

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tomazkovacic.com

MARCH 24, 2011

The overall algorithm works by computing both text and structural features on parts of the document and based on these features, decide if the observed part of the document belongs to the article text or not. Now let’s take a look at the representation of documents used in MSS.

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Inc Startups

APRIL 19, 2017

Thanks, Google. How to Hire the Best

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Inc Startups

JULY 1, 2016

Would you be happy for your venture to last a few years and make a few million? How about 240 years and 3 trillion dollars? Nobody pulled in Benjamins like Benjamin

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document).

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Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog

AUGUST 23, 2016

Secondly, the broker will utilize the details provided to create a professional marketing document to present to prospective buyers. This document is typically called a Prospectus and is an important part of representing your business.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 1, 2010

As of today’s announcement that Ted Wang at Fenwick & West has collaborated with a group of bay area early stage VC’s and angel investors to create the Series Seed Documents (the site isn’t up yet so I can’t opine on the quality of the docs but I expect them to be fine) we now have – at my count – four different standardized seed financing documents floating around the industry. TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley).

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Inc Startups

MAY 22, 2017

So-called 'simple agreements' are more complex than you might think. Startup

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2013

Here are some tips to better manage your documents: 1. Consistent Naming of Documents. For instance, you can list the type of document first, the client it is intended for as second, the date as third, and the date the file was created last.

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The Startup Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Documents in the startup ecosystem evolve. For example, convertible note documents are more complex now compared to 5 years ago (e.g., price caps and price cap regulators). Most of the evolution has to do with real-world experiences of investors and startups. Other times complexity can be chalked up to “deal over-engineering.” ” Some incubators are guilty […]. Startup Issues

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 12, 2012

Ctrl+Alt+Compete, a new documentary that debuts later this year, explores start-up culture through the lens of five entrepreneurs. And you can watch it for free.) First there was Shark Tank. Then came TechStars TV.

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Early Growth Financial Services

MAY 19, 2015

When you’re starting a company though, there are a few employee documents you are legally required to keep and a few we would strongly encourage you to keep. Documents you have to keep W-4 — This is the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. This document tells you how much federal income tax to withhold from each employee’s paycheck. This guest post was contributed by Justworks.

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Inc Startups

JULY 20, 2016

What do you focus on when you prepare a business plan and an investor pitch? The PowerPoint presentation? The Excel financial spreadsheet? The 50-page Business Plan in Word? It's something else.

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Inc Startups

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of social media consultancy VaynerMedia, explains the benefits of telling the world about your entrepreneurial journey from the start, how to overhaul your company culture, and more

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Plus, I'd make the argument that Docracy's initial userbase will be people who otherwise wouldn't have went to a lawyer at all, going without documentation or using something probably not appropriate for them. There's also no reason why you can't pay your lawyer to draft a document, put it up on Docracy for the sake of transparancy, and fork it when you need to make private adjustments for individual situations. That's why it has to charge for its documents.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2013

It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below.

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Launch Any

MARCH 31, 2016

If I were to look at your API documentation – from your reference documentation in Swagger (now OpenAPI ) to your getting started guides – what would I see? Why do we allow ourselves to document our APIs this way? And your documentation needs to reflect that as well.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 2, 2012

Create Awesome User Documentation – Launched by a Micropreneur Academy member and winner of a local startup competition, GuideKit helps you create better documentation with less effort…whether you’re building API documentation, user guides, or in-depth tutorials.

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ArcticStartup

MAY 16, 2014

Having adopted Mobile Bank ID to streamline identifying its Swedish customers earlier this year, Swedish bitcoin reseller Safello since integrated an identity document verification service to speed up the purchase of Bitcoins through their site.

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The Startup Lawyer

JULY 17, 2012

It’s a common misconception that the ‘convertible note’ is the only legal document used in a convertible debt financing. Finally, the most often overlooked document is the consent of the startup’s board of directors with respect to the convertible debt round. I often receive emails from entrepreneurs asking for a ‘sample convertible note’ which I assume they are planning to use on their own.

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ArcticStartup

MAY 21, 2013

One startup tackling the whole receipt and ''important papers'' ecosystem is Arkkeo , who has built an online platform to track and store all those documents that get sent your way from official sources. The focus of Arkkeo has been on companies that provide really valuable documents.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2014

If too much time is being spent rummaging around a messy desk, it’s not a cleaner or a secretary that is required, but rather some good quality, up-to-date document management software. Others document management software

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Inc Startups

APRIL 25, 2012

You need to have documents ready to support every claim you make during the sales process. Therefore, you will need to have all your documents completed and organized before the business ever hits the market. Be aware of the documents you'll need to present during the sale process.

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500 Hats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Main | GeeksOnaPlane @ Ignite Paris (Brady Forrest) » Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Startup Metrics for Pirates: SeedCamp 2009 (Sept 2009, London) Same old shit , just a different day (+ 1-2 new slides, not much tho): Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. Master of 500 Hats A blog about Geeks, Entrepreneurs, & Startups in Silicon Valley, by Dave McClure. The Internet Revolution, Act III.

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Recent Buzzes - VC Experts, Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

What you need to know: New Hart-Scott-Rodino requirements will take effect soon, including (i) expanded review of strategic planning documents and (ii) disclosure by private equity funds of competitive portfolio companies in their affiliated funds.

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