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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Generous With Investors

YoungUpstarts

by Alejandro Cremades , cofounder of Panthera Advisors and author of “ The Art of Startup Fundraising: Pitching Investors, Negotiating the Deal, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know “ Why should entrepreneurs intentionally be generous when negotiating with investors? Generosity is nowhere on their radar.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Read More ยป.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The founders were very sympathetic; a man, laid off from his job, and his very pregnant wife, who sold their house and investing $150k into the business and are working hard to make a go of it. At this point, the very pregnant cofounder was weeping. In this way, they remind me of the Lifter Hamper entrepreneur.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the โ€œ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.โ€. It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. This is a fundamental issue that does, indeed, boil down to understanding the post-money valuation of a company. Many entrepreneurs lose track of what they have been cooking up in the cap table.

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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

Both Sides of the Table

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that youโ€™re trying to raise money from people who have โ€œasymmetric information.โ€ As an entrepreneur it can feel as intimidating as going to buy a car where the dealer knows the price of every make & model of a car and youโ€™re guessing at how much to pay.

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Guy Kawasakiโ€™s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuationโ€ is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises donโ€™t count). But you should beware of boards that are only the founders and their family and friends.