Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. Just checked their balance sheet. Oh, I know – we’ll just ask them for cash!

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Use the 10-5-3-1 formula for raising money: Have 10 great meetings with investors, 5 of those do detailed due diligience on your company, get 3 term sheets, and 1 transfer into your bank account! Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Find people to help you through the raising money process.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

Within 48 hours of meeting him we had a term sheet agreeing to fund $1.6 When I was an entrepreneur I had a term sheet with True Ventures (my second company) and thought highly of them. I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. I still do. “And importantly Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Many negotiate a board seat for themselves as part of the investment term sheet. Think long-term. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Many negotiate a Board Seat for themselves as part of the investment Term Sheet. Think long-term. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Many negotiate a Board Seat for themselves as part of the investment Term Sheet. Think long-term. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I closed one deal (I’ll talk about that soon) and issued one term sheet (I hope to talk about that soon, we’ll see!). Social networks exacerbate the problem. It has also coincided with the kickoff of our Launchpad LA educational series which has taken some of my time. But not always.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

But we had a term sheet !!! before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Google doesn’t know if they’re going to honor our contract? We now have to re-convince everybody? 8 beers that night.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Many negotiate a Board Seat for themselves as part of the investment Term Sheet. Think long-term. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Mari Holds a B.A.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Atlassian open-sourced their M&A term sheet , a very aggressive move which helps smooth the M&A process, by reducing the number of degrees of freedom in a negotiation.

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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. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Particularly, now that standard Series Seed docs are commonly used. ► 2010. (7).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Many negotiate a Board Seat for themselves as part of the investment Term Sheet. Think long-term. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

ultimately, a term sheet) when pitching any given firm? And if you’re easily able to get an introduction to a particular partner through a close tie in your own network, that’s often just the right approach. Most firms have anywhere from a couple to up to a dozen or more partners listed on their websites. Don’t overthink it.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. I would say from the introduction here that you represent a personality that’s different from many other investors that are out there. Can you share more about why you take this approach? Why is that?

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation). Conclusion.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

This also appears as a guest post at Fortune’s Term Sheet. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). May 26, 2011.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

But we had a term sheet !!! before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Google doesn’t know if they’re going to honor our contract? We now have to re-convince everybody? 8 beers that night.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. That changed very quickly.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

I have to admit, the light bulb didn’t go off for me until I was negotiating term sheets. Read Terms that Hurt (Venture Hacks). Read up on the “unwritten terms&# in term sheets having to do with exit multiples here For bootstrappers, the math is even easier: 100% of the upside goes to you and your awesome team.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. All of these are false. They had no such motive and no such power.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 24, 2010

In this final week, you'll learn: * How to maximize your valuation (so you retain equity & control) * What to watch out for in your venture capital "term sheet" * How to prepare for venture capital due diligence, so it goes smoothly * When to hire a lawyer * How to position your company for follow-on rounds of funding * And more.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35 When we funded our two seed deals we used the Y Combinator Open Source Term Sheet and were highly entrepreneur friendly.

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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!) Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Since David and the partnership at Greylock knew I had an offer, they gave me a term sheet the day after I pitched them. And Greylock knew I had gotten a term sheet to accelerate their decision process.

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www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Although I have made a decent amount of investments, I don’t consider myself an “angel investor” because I don’t search for companies to invest in, I don’t lead financing rounds, and I don’t know how to read term sheets. I wanted real projections as much as for myself as my investors.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The funding search began the day after Labor Day and continued throughout the fall as the environment continued to worsen, and resulted in a term sheet the day before Thanksgiving. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Seed Term Sheet. Social Commerce.

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management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Term Sheet. The big question is: Are they actually right? Howd you recover? Tell us about your most embarrassing digital work moments. Well highlight the most interesting and instructional ones. Newsletters. Today in Tech. Current Issue Hostess: Bankrupt again Give the gift of Fortune. Get the Fortune app. Powered by WordPress.com VIP.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Do they invest in funds that are $200-300 million versus $50 million or $500 million.” Determine how to get access to them.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs Skype - free voice and video communication tool Campfire – team collaboration Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers Ning – Create your own social network Yammer – free enterprise social network Doodle – online group scheduling Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference (..)

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

More women and the BIPOC community will use social networks if they’re not being harassed on them. Don’t let someone who could give you a term sheet scare you into thinking that de-platforming violence and hate is censorship. More people will use YouTube if they don’t have to worry about it being a cesspool of hate.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 15, 2020

One of the main factors that made my SocialNet journey so challenging was that so many different aspects of it were new and unknown, from the product category (at the time, there was no such thing as social networking) to the fact that it was the first startup for many of the team members, including me. SEEKING HELP.

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