Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. As IVC reports: In Q1–Q3/2022, Israeli high-tech companies raised $12.3 Israeli tech review Q3 2022, IVC Online and Bank Leumi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Success story features Q & A sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations, conversations on sales marketing. And then of course, who could forget the flux capacitor from the fictional piece of technology that allowed us to, time-travel why the word flux.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. Technically yes. Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. Is that wrong? Does it hurt ‘anti-pattern’ entrepreneurs? Is it human?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   This is perceived by some investors as a way to assure that the founders are in the game for the long run. ·       Conversion provisions allowing preferred to convert to common if they choose or upon the closing of an IPO at a specified price.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

First, some examples: A buddy of mine had done the hard work of finding two excellent tech cofounders. Another friend was thrown for a loop when his cofounder not only quit, but then actively poached the entire tech team to work for his new agency. Investors can delay until you’re desperate and then ratchet the terms.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

  When one studies the (admittedly highly technical) benefits of Series Seed vs. price debt, Series Seed is a better solution. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. If you need counsel to review these elegantly streamlined docs you shouldn't be doing angel deals in the first place.

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