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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Who markets marketing? This duo started a VC firm to scale what ‘founders are starving for’

TechCrunch

It definitely impacted where I am now in the sense that this was an inflection point,” said Kramer, who is one of many former Carta employees embroiled in legal battles with the company. This duo started a VC firm to scale what ‘founders are starving for’ by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. During those times, VCs had lots of conferences where thought leaders gathered to discuss term sheets, deal structures and fund strategies.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Take the time to read, cover to cover, The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels , by the legendary Bill Payne.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money.

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When Men Start Pitching to Women

This is going to be BIG.

Everyone could toss in 100k and you could definitely find 1:1 matching from various instructions to bring it up to $10mm. It would literally be the most kick-ass, impressive roster of innovative and well-networked women you've ever seen. Still, I'd guess that only around 5-10% of any VC's dealflow is from females.

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

And it’s really just about building the definitions and the plays and the stories of success around them into one spot so people know where to look. The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam.

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