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Quick Thoughts on Term Sheets and LOIs

Rob Go

What keeps this bad behavior in check is that VC investors know they are playing a multi-turn game. Any VC that is known to pull a term sheet will get blackballed by entrepreneurs, coinvestors, the media, etc. It’s really really bad business. M&A is much less of a multi-turn game.

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Everything you should know before working with investors across Asia

The Next Web

Thomas Clayton is the CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. . They have a notorious reputation for copying ideas of others and creating their own versions, and this even applies to companies they have invested in. There are a ton of seed-stage financing options available here.

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. Source: Ben Thompson The missed opportunity of Media The realization that most people do not want to pay for the “core” product called news came late. And make some money along the way.