Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The expectation is that in an era of increasing technology and decreasing costs, you will be bringing them an operating company with at least some traction. A comprehensive list of things you might want is listed in the answer to What materials or software should I use to pitch a VC? ,

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Debt or convertible securities (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. Q: “If you have a term sheet on the table how should you leverage with other VCs?&#

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. Traction creates opportunity.

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IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

It is code word for “I’m not ready to invest for whatever reason … I need more proof.&#. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. They hire key staff. They make progress.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Making an acqui-hire successful If successfully executed, combining resources from an acqui-hire will save years of work while broadening the technical and talent bench. Like any successful partnership, the acqui-hiring and -hired companies must fully align in terms of strategic goals, operational processes and culture.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. Traction creates opportunity.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago."

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 12, 2014

It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. I send out my own term sheets and review docs myself--especially since I''m in sydicated rounds. Venture Capital & Technology' I don''t have any kids. I feel very lucky to be doing this.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. Traction creates opportunity.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

” If you’re in the technology industry you can probably answer but as I discovered this holiday season, most of my extended family and childhood friends were a bit fuzzier on the concept. Maybe because Homebrew is our startup, just one which writes checks instead of code. “A Venture Capitalist? What exactly is that?”

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

As a two person team Arlo and AJ built out the whole site and the back-end technology — and built it to scale — at one point they did a A/B test on Zappos and were easily able to handle all the traffic coming to the Zappos test site while being able to show results from the enormous Zappos inventory. And crank it out they did.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Moat, the biggest exit out of the bunch, was sourced when I met Mike Walrath at a tech event. He said they’d consider any “special situations” funds I was doing—at which point I realized that he had never even looked at the deck and had zero intentions of doing any real diligence. I’ve had to start muting libertarian VC Twitter.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Investor groups are cutting out the management, bus dev, sales, and marketing professionals, trying to get raw, young engineering teams that have never negotiated a term sheet to give away their IP rights and equity for next to nothing. To reuse an overused term – Wait what? I call it harvesting youth. The compensation?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. More and more of our best and brightest are learning to code and/or joining the ranks of innovative startup companies instead of working for banks and consulting firms.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. If people say it’s a hard problem, then it’s an opportunity to have a good barrier to entry and helps long-term competitive advantage. What key hires do you need?

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. If people say it’s a hard problem, then it’s an opportunity to have a good barrier to entry and helps long-term competitive advantage. What key hires do you need?

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

In sum, Series Seed creates a level playing field between capped debt and equity documents in terms of speed and cost.    When one studies the (admittedly highly technical) benefits of Series Seed vs. price debt, Series Seed is a better solution. 2) Redline - Series Seed Term Sheet (1 v.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. This also appears as a guest post at Fortune’s Term Sheet. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. We got to term sheet a bit quicker, but from start to the close was basically June to Nov 2003.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Girls in Tech. Code Igniter. code spaces (svn).

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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. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). That changed very quickly.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Fred Hutch Spinoff Blaze Bioscience Pulls in $5M For ‘Tumor Paint’.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

For young entrepreneurs, especially non-technical founders like myself, it feels like our big idea is all we have, and we want to guard it like a defenseless baby. Topics: Business , Silicon Valley , Starting Your Startup , Startups , Tech , vc. About Us Jobs Advertise Subscribe Privacy Terms. Follow @mashable. Social Media.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When we were looking to talk to investors, Sramana introduced us to multiple investors and acted as an advisor helping us to navigate complex term sheet clauses like tranche financing and liquidation preferences. At 1/12th the cost, 1M/1M provides far more value.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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