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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists. I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect.

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

A few years ago this was sort of a novelty… not that many startups were going public and not that many bloggers or mainstream journalists took the time or had familiarity with combing these SEC filings. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. From Google Finance.

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Crowdfunding Bill Stuck in the Senate

Scott Edward Walker

Background As the term suggests, “crowdfunding” is funding from a crowd of people — that is, many people provide small amounts of money to finance something. Indeed, it is unclear whether the Senate will even pass a crowdfunding bill (and, if so, in what form).

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Excellent Analytics Tip #26: Every Critical Metric Should Have A BFF!

Occam's Razor

Now you might see 60 secs and 5 PVV, 150 secs and 20 PVV, 98 secs and 5 PVV. And if you can pass that barrier (with, say, dimension widening using universal analytics), it is very hard to find this data inside the company (Finance department?), What's the immediate adjacent contextual metric we can use?

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules.

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Bringing Transparency to Startup Data: Our Data Repository Project

Version One Ventures

If we examine the current landscape of startup data, we can categorize it into two types: 1) financial statements and financing information; and 2) general/operations information (basically anything that’s not financial). It’s worth noting that SaaS companies could probably do something interesting with all their data in aggregate.