Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. I told them that True Ventures had stuck to their brand name and submitted a totally clean term sheet. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money. No gotchas.

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Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

The Equity Kicker

JULY 4, 2012

This is how we described our aims for the series at the outset : Our hope is that the posts (and eventually the book) will be a good resource for anyone who is thinking about how to finance their company and who wants to understand more about the options, including venture capital. The process starts well, then stalls.

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Venture Capital Due Diligence Participating Preferred Dilution 107

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

If you don’t, please educate yourself on this site, Venture Hacks and the term sheet series by Brad Feld/Jason Mendelson, among other places. If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. I''m all for transparency, but won''t be naming names in this post as I don''t want to put some entrepreneurs in a difficult position.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46