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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

The downside is that people need to buy their stock. I talked also about 409a valuations and why common stock purchases cost less than preferred stock purchases. In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Some people blame it on Justin Timberlake (playing Sean Parker) in the movie The Social Network, who famously said that one million wasn’t cool, one billion was. My first institutional financing came from people who were in the “MIT” network. It doesn’t always have to be alumni. I was wrong.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of the panelists mentioned that they have gotten very valuation sensitive (nothing wrong with that) and like to purchase preferred stock rather than invest in convertible notes. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

Marc Andreessen discussed this issue at the 2016 Startup School : The argument in favor of the warm referral is that it’s the first test – it’s the first test of the ability to basically network your way to the investor. Tip #2: Hustle and Build Your Network. at 7:33). They want to be introduced to you.”. In a word: hustle.

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Startup Resources

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Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. Mailing lists/groups.