Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

By the time the pandemic started, we had brought on a couple of sales people in New York and San Francisco, but we were still 95% colocated in Seattle. It’s more likely because the women on average get fewer term sheets overall. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020. Why does this happen?

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 25, 2011

For example, as a corporate associate at a large New York law firm, I was representing Sony in connection with its acquisition of CBS Records. Not only should you be retaining a strong lawyer to watch your back (as discussed below), but also you should try to have your lawyer control the drafting.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. It consists of a standard term sheet, automatically generated closing documents, and tools to manage the process including electronic signatures, managing wire information, generating PDFs, and more.

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Up and Running

MAY 11, 2016

He’s perhaps best known for having founded Gust —a website that connects startups with investors—but he’s also been instrumental in a number of other ventures, including Space Angels Network, Singularity University, New York Angels, and Rose Tech Ventures.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Womble Bond Dickinson has released a white paper on Performance Aligned Stock and a term sheet on ImpactTerms.org. . (If That said, John Berger observes, “I can easily make a low-risk, debt-like Flexible VC deal, or a high-risk equity-like deal, and I can do it using the same term sheet with different terms.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Once you’ve settled on the investor, only then should you worry about the terms of the investment. A term sheet is not necessarily rocket science, and with enough time and effort can be understood by anyone. So start now, and help yourself by getting up to speed on what all the parts of a term sheet mean.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. If anything using the word “Silicon” seems a bit derivative to NorCal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

But we had a term sheet !!! I remember the New York Times wrote an interesting article about it. They talked about how the dream job for Harvard MBAs used to be investment banking where you wore your Rolex watch, drank $200 bottles of wine at fancy New York restaurants and vacationed in the Hamptons.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

that’s my daughter – did you see her mentioned in the New York Times!) But why don’t you just give me the damn term sheet you promised so I can trust you even more. Uncle Morty wants to know) from “your successful daughter” (we’re so proud of her! she’s so successful! Raise money.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

There has been a lot of discussion and publishing of standard term sheets, including Y Combinator, TechStars and SeriesSeed. A good comparison of the various "standard" term sheets can be found at Start-up Company Lawyer. Marios firm, Wilson, Sonsini, even has a term sheet generator on their site.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

It was followed by New York and London, both tied for #2, a ranking that remained unchanged since 2017. It would be awkward if Silicon valley wasn’t the top spot, although a lot of signs are pointing to shaky foundations. The top 30 global startup ecosystems ranked. Tel Aviv ties with Los Angeles at #6.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

I had one mentor who helped us negotiate a term sheet. And while she’s pocketed her share of cash, she’s won a lot of services as well, including six months’ free office space in New York and legal help from three different firms. “I Take it, says Klein, who has signed up for a mentor at every competition she’s won.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

We literally started just as we got our first term sheet for investment on the day that we graduated from business school in June of 2006. And it was actually the same time that Kristen was giving birth to her first baby, literally the same day that we received the term sheet and graduated from business school.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. We have offices in New York and Boston, are quite active in the SF Bay area and see significant activity from the diaspora to and from these human capital centers.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’re currently evaluating about 20 companies a month and issuing term sheets to 25% of them; those that fit our investment criteria. We provide revenue-based funding and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses located outside of major capital markets such as Silicon Valley and New York City.”. “We

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example. The term sheets of good corporate investors reflect the venture capital industry standards and don’t require special treatment like first right of refusal in case of a sale or operating agreements with their parent company’s divisions.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2012

By some estimates, 50-60% of New York’s startup community lives in Brooklyn--and at Etsy it’s as high as 80%. I got a term sheet out less than 100 days into the job and was lucky enough to get to work with my friend Rob May as a Board Member for my first investment, Backupify.

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Scott Edward Walker

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Happy New Year! What’s It Like Working At A Major New York City Law Firm? What Are Exploding Term Sheets And No-Shop Provisions? If you ping me, I’ll send you a free copy (provided that you agree to give me feedback). Legal Checklist for Startups 2. House Passes Crowdfunding Bill: FAQ’s For Entrepreneurs 3.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

From my experience, negotiating debt deals with an experienced investor will result in a number of the same terms and wont save much (if anything) on legal fees. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Particularly, now that standard Series Seed docs are commonly used. 3 hours ago. 5 hours ago.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Dan Primack, who is now writing a great column at Fortune called Term Sheet used to do this; there are now guest writers (including me) who do this column. We’ve done this through our seed investments as well as through our activity at TechStars, starting in Boulder, then expanding to Boston, Seattle and New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

But we had a term sheet !!! I remember the New York Times wrote an interesting article about it. They talked about how the dream job for Harvard MBAs used to be investment banking where you wore your Rolex watch, drank $200 bottles of wine at fancy New York restaurants and vacationed in the Hamptons.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 19, 2010

I'm talking about innovation in New York City and a very basic thought exercise. In the meantime, I've been mostly focused on deal stuff and have been super excited to get as many deals done as I have--four assuming this last term sheet closes. However, that's where I am at this stage in my career.

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David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

Stephane Levy, Partner at Cooley , is currently teaching a series on ‘ Introduction to Term Sheets ’ in New York with the New York City Venture Connection. TheDeal Corporate Governance Conference. PrivCapAcademy. RAISE conference/Fundapalooza. PROGRAMS/DEGREES. Kauffman Fellows. PrivCapAcademy.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 31, 2011

Thanks, Scott Question We’re a startup based in Palo Alto, and we just received a Series A term sheet for a $725,000 investment. This is not uncommon, but I still cringe when I hear it (probably because I was trained at two big law firms in New York City and this kind of stuff typically doesn’t happen there).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. The assistant tried to end the meeting twice but was shoooshed away. What do I do now?

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

HiHello has a remote team of engineers – in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and California. We didn’t waste any time from signing the term sheet to getting started on working on the company — even before the financing closed, which happened on Thursday, April 2nd.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

I had one mentor who helped us negotiate a term sheet. And while she’s pocketed her share of cash, she’s won a lot of services as well, including six months’ free office space in New York and legal help from three different firms. “I Take it, says Klein, who has signed up for a mentor at every competition she’s won.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. And then Alex Iskold, who runs Techstars New York, reminds us why this is a particularly good time to create a startup. Mark also has a nice call out to me that helps explain why he writes posts list this one.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

that’s my daughter – did you see her mentioned in the New York Times!) But why don’t you just give me the damn term sheet you promised so I can trust you even more. Uncle Morty wants to know) from “your successful daughter” (we’re so proud of her! she’s so successful! we always knew she would be. Raise money. Need money.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Ability to Pivot – I don’t like to invest in people that I’ve never met before who come through my office wanting to have a term sheet within 30 days. Yes, there is the mythical company you all heard about that walked into Sequoia and had a term sheet 24 hours later. I’m sure that happens.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

I had one mentor who helped us negotiate a term sheet. And while she’s pocketed her share of cash, she’s won a lot of services as well, including six months’ free office space in New York and legal help from three different firms. “I Take it, says Klein, who has signed up for a mentor at every competition she’s won.

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St. Louis Startup Term Sheet Deal Flow 60

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I’ve been doing M&A transactions for 25+ years (including nearly eight years at two major New York City law firms), and I wanted to briefly discuss an important issue for founders interested in selling their company: the distinction between strategic and financial buyers. Introduction. Conclusion.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

For nearly eight of those years I worked at two prominent law firms in New York City, where I predominately handled major M&A transactions. Most founders get very excited when they receive a term sheet for a financing or an acquisition. Introduction. I’ve been doing deals as a corporate lawyer for 25+ years.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The Term Sheet: A Startup Thriller Novel : I’m a big fan of the Startup Fiction genre. It’s extremely well done and very clear – worthwhile to read if you struggle with the best way to invest in the public markets over the very long term. This was a quick, fun read.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 13, 2011

A letter of intent (LOI) — sometimes referred to as a memorandum of understanding or term sheet — is often executed in connection with certain deals. This is part one of a three-part series; it was originally posted on Forbes. Tips Tip #1: Be Careful with Letters of Intent. Tip #3: Use Your Lawyer as the “Bad Cop”.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

I sat down with Matan to discuss his tips for hyperscaling with teams across two continents, the importance of focus, why the team set up a bookkeeper in New York, and much more… Let’s start with your journey before starting Melio. In fact the term sheet was signed the day before the world went into lockdown!

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005. The Real Paid PAID Vacation Policy. 3 hours ago.

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