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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If all this checking sounds a bit paranoid and unnecessary, it may be time to take another look at some questionable investor practices and onerous term sheet requests. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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Founders. Run. Amok. It Starts With a Term Sheet.

This is going to be BIG.

Last week, for just the second time ever, I passed on an investment opportunity because of the terms of the deal--both the price and the legal structure of the agreement. sticking your head in the sand while fraud occurs on your platform , like the way Indiegogo watched Healbe Gobe get torched in the media. The Term Sheet.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

If all this checking sounds a bit paranoid and unnecessary, it may be time to take another look at some questionable investor practices and onerous term sheet requests. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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Quick Thoughts on Term Sheets and LOIs

Rob Go

When a VC invests in a startup, the two parties usually sign a term sheet that lays out the major terms of the investment round. 90%+ of term sheets result in a closed deal that is more or less equivalent to what was discussed. In the M&A process, an LOI feels an awful lot like a term sheet.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

If all this checking sounds a bit paranoid and unnecessary, it may be time to take another look at some questionable investor practices and onerous term sheet requests. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.