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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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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series A-1 Preferred. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. Series B Preferred. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series B-1 Preferred. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1).

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company. If you can and if you want to – you should.

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Angel Investing 4 – Why You Need Deep Pockets to Win Big

Both Sides of the Table

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). more senior to you) might be piling up liquidation preferences and tilting returns in their favor. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. So know that going in.

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Killer articles on startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

6 Simple Selling Tips For Software Entrepreneurs [link] (from OnStartups). 6 Simple Selling Tips For Software Entrepreneurs. US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs [link]. US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs | Both Sides of the Table.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

And a few teams of super talented, educated and bright entrepreneurs make a few mill. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. (If in their 20′s. What could be more capitalist than that?

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

K9 Ventures

The founders of these funds are entrepreneurs in their own right and every entrepreneur has an innate desire to make things grow. This means that there is interest in tech-investing from all over the world , especially focused on tech companies in Silicon Valley. (I But that is precisely what leads to the Venture Spiral.