Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

All of them are up-or-out and they are rigorously capitalistic and at times that may even mean unfair because by definition people make subjective determinations of ones skills. And of course there are startups. In reality working at startups often sucks. I think it’s the most successful startup of our era.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Every town has firms that focus on startups – find them.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. Startups should know how VCs work. startup) per month. Do startups need to conduct due diligence on a venture fund’s LPs?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A new company is taking a leaf out of Stripe’s API playbook with a platform that makes it easy for any company to create clear API documentation, while also allowing non-technical team members to contribute to the process. Getting the API documentation right is imperative, which is where Theneo is hoping to make its mark.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

18% of all errors come from people using the wrong documents. hours are spent every day by workers searching for documents. Being the number one investment bank in a greatly reduced data set shouldn’t stop you from wanting to broaden the definition of “number 1″ next year. It becomes folklore. I encourage it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

I had to understand their business requirements and document them all. This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. Tags: Startup Advice. Often I had a very limited time. I struggled on my first few assignments.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

12 Strategies for Boosting Team Productivity in Startups To help startups boost their team productivity, we’ve gathered twelve insightful strategies from top founders, CEOs, and managers. Make sure your team members know what is expected of them and how their work contributes to the overall goals of the startup.

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Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. So what are some of the most common revenue models being used by startups today? It’s great for customers, but not for startups, unless you have deep pockets. This is a very costly development, testing, documentation, and support challenge.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

By definition, an entrepreneur is the first to undertake a given business, and firsts never happen without problems and people frustrations. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. If the problem was a business process, get the process update documented and communicated to all.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

I pointed out that when you become a partner in a VC firm almost by definition you’ve seen years of businesses that failed or concepts that didn’t quite work. Document management? Startup Lessons' So you become jaded. It’s been tried for 10 years with minimal success.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Register Asia is a significant market for startups due to its large and diverse population, as well as its rapidly growing economies. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. 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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Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Chief Brand Officer.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors. I got a text from Apoorva asking if we could reconnect.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. What is the single biggest mistake I see inexperienced startup people do in sales? This is the definition of “Why Buy Anything?”

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

” Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on an old article by Mark Macleod from StartupCFO: “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 27, 2021

Additionally, banks are not inclined to lend to startup companies, so raising equity capital may be a founder’s only option. Under these laws, you’ll need to provide your investors with detailed documentation regarding why you want their investment and the potential risks associated with them investing with you.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I try to speak at universities, high schools, startup accelerators?—?as He has a startup you’re going to love. It’s not under the definition of crazy per Adam’s op-ed. Sometimes when I speak at conferences I’ll stay and shake hands for 2 hours with anybody who wants to say hello. as much as my schedule will allow.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Because senior management may have a deep understanding of the sector and the specific needs of the corporate sponsor, it seems easy to assume that involving them in the selection process will help the corporate venture capitalist (CVC) pick the right startups to support? The best startups have their pick of investors. I’ll explain.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

You thought it was going to be as easy as just having term sheet transferred to a longer form document. But every freakin’ week there are delays in getting the lawyers to “turn around&# the documents. But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. You want the deal to close in 4 weeks.

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Gust

AUGUST 12, 2012

It’s definitely positive to have a product plan. A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors. Don’t get me wrong.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

With her new startup, Granitt — with Sandvik as its principal — aims to help at-risk people, like journalists and activists but also politicians, lawyers, refugees and human rights defenders, from threats they face doing their work. That’s definitely still a part of what I do.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 7, 2019

That only worked because you could connect everyone via technology—routing phonecalls, e-mails, design documents, etc. If your job fits their criteria, they’re selling the certainty that at the end of X time, you will definitely have a new bathroom.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

And now, the startup has raised $20 million in Series A funding to continue expanding its platform. Mark Lee, together with the startup’s CBO DK Lee and with other friends from Harvard and MIT, founded MarqVision in 2020. Mark) Lee approached the problem initially from a legal perspective when he was still a Harvard law student.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Navigating Tax Obligations for Startups: What You Need to Know Navigating the complex landscape of startup taxation can be daunting, but with insights from CEOs and financial experts, startups can stay compliant and even save on taxes. But betting the farm on shady loopholes?

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

They announced on Monday, November 14, the signing of definitive agreements that will allow KKR to participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round. The post Privy accelerates digital transformation with $41m KKR-led Series C funding first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Since then, many startups have found that collaborative tools don’t solely make sure their team stays connected; they also have great potential to help their businesses thrive. If your startup is now managing a fully remote workforce, here are a few tips that will help your quarantined team stay connected while boosting its performance.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Here’s my simple definition of a no-code platform: A platform that allows you to build an interactive web app through a “drag and drop” user interface and easy-to-implement logic. My go-to place for Bubble plugins has been Zeroqode as they have good documentation. Bubble is a no-code platform that enables you to build web apps.

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StartupNation

JULY 21, 2021

While planning for a crisis may seem quite ironic, given that the very definition of the word is something that happens unexpectedly, it is incredibly important that business owners invest in creating a crisis communications plan. And most importantly, this is a living document that you’re creating. A crisis will happen eventually.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. At least one well-known Silicon Valley venture accelerator is using a document referred to as a “ convertible security ” rather than “convertible promissory note.” In fact, there is a recent variation on this theme.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

Don’t worry, this is a Primo tool : Also by Romain , French startup Primo raised $3.4 Startups and VC Three former managing directors at Amex Ventures went out on their own to start Vesey Ventures, and now they have closed on their debut fund with $78 million in capital commitments to back early-stage fintech startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

It seems there’s news every day about startup funding reaching record highs, new unicorns being minted and tech firms going public. The stage definitions in venture, from seed to late-stage Series D, E or F rounds, have always been open to interpretation, and general patterns are challenged by outliers at each stage.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As we conclude our convertible note financing series, there are assorted terms commonly seen in term sheets and deal documents that are worth touching on briefly. Having made it almost to the end of our sample term sheet: Documentation. First, it’s worth noting that we’re proposing to have Company counsel draft the documents.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Now called Eraser , that year-old startup, which is centered around a collaborative digital canvas for whiteboarding and note-taking, has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Caffeinated Capital. He was an investor in my brother’s startup, Bitwise Asset Management , which is a crypto asset manager [where Kim’s brother is CTO].

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Gust

DECEMBER 18, 2013

There is not a definitive answer to this, because a good lawyer can write terms into either one to make one or the other preferable to one or the other party. The discount to the next round the investor receives in a typical Convertible Note is usually nowhere near as advantageous as investing at a fixed, lower valuation would have been.

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