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What Founders Need to Know: You Were Funded for a Liquidity Event – Start Looking

Steve Blank

VC’s raise money from their investors (limited partners like pension funds) and then spread their risk by investing in a number of startups (called a portfolio). BTW, Angel investors do not have limited partners, and often invest for reasons other than just for financial gain (e.g., The odds on day-one are that you can’t name anyone.

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5 Tips for Raising a Venture Round

ReadWriteStart

Therefore, going down the fundraising path is something many technology entrepreneurs will need to do and a critical step in the development of their business. If you're earlier in the process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Tip 2: Have a "real" lead.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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5 Tips for Raising a Venture Round

www.readwriteweb.com

Therefore, going down the fundraising path is something many technology entrepreneurs will need to do and is a critical step in the development of their business. If you're early in the investment process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Tip 2: Have A Real Lead.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs. The Connected World of Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Magazine Blog. where your stock sits in the liquidity preference stack. Reports and Resources.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Implications for Founders.

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). My general opinion is that anything that makes the financing process faster and easier or otherwise educates entrepreneurs is a good thing. (A Name of security. Series Seed.

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