Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. 2006 was the last time I went out to raise venture capital. This was pre Venture Hacks so not a lot of help on terms on the Net. I have this mentality, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital? This can be your star Chief Architect who loves to code but hates having to handle the admin like testing, documentation, recruiting, etc. And I don’t want to be complacent.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Congratulations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. “If you want to have a compelling story, go deep into an area you’re excited about and are uniquely suited to tackle,” says Rex Salisbury, partner at Cambrian Ventures.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this guide, YC Managing Director Jon Levy talks about venture debt. He covers what it is, walks through some of its benefits and risks, and gives advice on how to approach the process of taking on venture debt. He also highlights Brex’s newly launched venture debt offering. What is Venture Debt?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. The website for their Venture Pipeline group is here. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

You must demonstrate how your venture helps solve certain problems. They want a glimpse of what your venture’s future looks like. So my advice? My advice: Don’t just show what your numbers are—show why they matter. You shouldn’t be tunnel-visioned by raw data. Don’t treat impact as a side note.

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Gust

MARCH 8, 2014

After that most basic and important function, I’ve found that the other really valuable things that a law firm brings to a startup are: Formation/organization documentation and administration: Take a look at this interesting package from one law firm to see the kinds of things that could include: Start-Up Organization Package.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It was an expensive mistake, and one he wants to help Latin American entrepreneurs avoid with his new venture, Latitud. “I I took the advice from someone in Silicon Valley who told me ‘You need a C Corp…that’s what we invest in,’” Requarth told TechCrunch. According to PitchBook, venture-backed companies raised $14.8

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

It’s easier than ever to find example documents on the Internet, use a service to file your certificate of incorporation or trademark application, and so forth. It’s easier than ever to find example documents on the Internet, use a service to file your certificate of incorporation or trademark application, and so forth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Working with writers to create documentation. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. Union Square Ventures is an investor. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

The storied venture firm is known to react to macroeconomic events with grand memos aimed at portfolio companies and sometimes the entrepreneurship scene at large. ” The document reads like a follow-up course to its infamously ill-timed “Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020” memo of March 2020. . Sequoia takes things seriously.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

With a well architected product that has well-documented APIs and proper core product abstractions then all custom work should be build above the API stack. If you never read my post on Elephant, Deer & Rabbits – a guide to customer segmentation – it might be worth a read.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. These documents are helpful for forming a new company, running your company, maintaining good corporate governance, and more. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. These are the investors we interviewed: Jasmin Heimann, partner, Ringier Digital Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

DropBox could send out Tweets to users when new documents have been added to a folder they are following if they have subscribed to updates. It should be no surprise why I invested alongside IA Ventures in the big data company DataSift. We already know that some bakeries send Tweets when they have fresh cookies.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Similarly, templates for introducing legislature, organizing crowdfund campaigns, and total disclosure documents are circulating, helping to streamline the entire process. Typically limited to giving advice or consuming, Title III will give non-accredited investors far more influence over products, services, and planning.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

The program includes: Startup Package - The legal advice and documents necessary to get a company up and running, all for a discounted flat rate. Free Early Stage Consult - Fox will hire an outside consultant to provide advice on pitch decks or executive summaries.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious. Role When I was a lowly Analyst at Union Square Ventures, I had so many ideas for the founders we worked with.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). What happens at the A-round of venture capital? A-round venture capital firms will almost certainly make it a requirement that they get a board seat upon financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Perhaps the best known new VC platforms of the last 10 years that are done on more modest scales are First Round Capital and True Ventures. When we think about how we want to run our firm at Upfront Ventures we clearly had this debate ourselves and tried to decide what we felt was right for our skills, ambitions and management styles.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion over the next two years to take on rival OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries, according to company documents obtained by TechCrunch. ” The Information reported in early March that Anthropic was seeking to raise $300 million at $4.1

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Venture debt investors , who typically use a structure like this sample term sheet teardown.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It automates “everything that isn’t advice” for investors, advisors and accountants, co-founder and CEO Ryan Eisenman told TechCrunch. Arch’s task and tax management functions. Image Credits: Arch. Arch likens itself to investment management platform Fidelity, but for private investments. Arch’s consolidated investment portal.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The investment giant then criticized Byju’s in July for not adequately evolving and neglecting investor advice. These include unreported imports/exports, delayed foreign direct investment documents filing, and failure to allocate shares for received FDI. As of the end of March, Prosus valued Byju’s only at $5.1

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If family is involved in your startup venture, you should be clear up front about compensation, exit plans and other details before they become a problem. Firms run by trusted family members can also avoid special accounting systems, policy manuals and legal documents. Seek outside advice. Treat family members fairly.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Her perspectives offer advice for both investors and early-stage founders. Key Advice for Investors: I would like to emphasize three points: “Cheap” programs are cheap because the benefit is extremely low. ” Also Read: Feedback Ventures Invests, Elevates Soho.com.au

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. As you come across key documents, transfer these into the corresponding folders. and these ventures always fail when going gets tough. Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! Let’s get to it. This is just best practice.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Musk says a lot of things, and then says some more things, so we’ll see if he actually takes his advice and abides by the results of the poll. First, the company addressed official documents with a DigiLocker integration to the Files app , and said that India’s regulations should provide legal and innovation certainty to firms.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While franchising can provide entrepreneurs with some advantages , franchisees must work just as hard as traditional business owners to make their venture a success. As a result, the following tips offer some helpful advice for people looking to buy a franchise for the first time. Do some serious self-reflection.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Amal has a unique journey, perspectives, and invaluable advice for both investors and early-stage founders. Key Advice for Investors: I would like to emphasize three points here: “Cheap” programs are cheap because the benefit is extremely low.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 20, 2018

There can be a range of reasons for wanting to sell your business, such as starting a new venture, passing the reigns onto another family member or even retirement. Before your business hits the market, you’ll need to be aware of the documents you are required to present during the sale process. Suneil Connor, CFO, LINK Business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But those more aligned with the private sphere, such as venture capitalists and private equity investors, perhaps aren’t quite as well-served when it comes to funnelling into the data they need to carry out their due diligence ahead of making a big investment, or tracking and managing their portfolio through to an exit. .

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