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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc.

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Faulty Logic in the Venture Capital and Female Founder Discussion

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So, if you''re going to argue that the process of venture capital is inherently unfair to women, here''s the logic that you *should not* use: "Less than 3 percent of the 6,793 companies that received venture capital from 2011-2013 were headed by a woman, according to a study from Babson College released Tuesday.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” Examples in My Life & Work. We’ll see.

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Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck

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They are also looking for a well-defined market opportunity, evidence of your success to date and ultimately most are looking for a large addressable market as this is the only way a VC drives returns. Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011? Above all – the quality & potential of the team.

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That Time I Passed on Datadog Because I Didn't Understand the Market

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That was the Datadog pitch in late 2010, my first full year of leading deals, that I got from two software engineers. I even punted on the fundraising by adding them to the Open Angel Forum in February, 2011, giving everyone else an opportunity to do the deal, without leading it myself. Makes sense, no?

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Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck

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The MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner hadn’t actually seen Wonderschool’s original pitch deck before investing in the remote education startup. That was happening when I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011. According to Bennet, Nichols reached out about the opportunity on Facebook Messenger.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch. This will always be important to us, but we also see tremendous opportunity to expand our virtual community to include friends and colleagues worldwide.