2005 Dilution Management Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. ” I highly recommend reading it.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Most LPs are trying to manage some targeted asset allocation. And over time, if VC is performing well, the LP may actively manage up their allocation to venture. So far in this post, I’ve honed in mostly on the top-quartile threshold, which masks the power-law that is exhibited in both startups and the VC industry.
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Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Groups list on March 15, 2005. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books.
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JULY 25, 2011
When I first started as a startup CEO in 1999 there were no guides on raising venture capital. But know that every term in your term sheet is there as a result of some dispute of the past between shareholders or between shareholders & management. I was significantly wiser by 2005 when I started my second company.
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APRIL 14, 2010
Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. Deal with the small ownership allotted to management. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive.
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APRIL 28, 2010
Want to start a startup? November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. Apply for funding by March 3.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Want to start a startup? March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. A startup that does all three willprobably succeed.
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