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7 lessons we learned from the bankruptcy of Whatser

The Next Web

The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor). Make sure you check and understand the term sheet and overall deal. The terms should allow you to drive in order to arrive at the first destination safely.

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Textio’s Founder Kieran Snyder on the Two Advantages Startups Have in AI (While Remaining Skeptical Of The Funding Gold Rush)

Hunter Walker

I was publishing quite a bit of original research about bias in workplace documents like performance reviews and job posts, a bunch of it went viral, and I got to know a lot of people who eventually became Textio customers. It’s more likely because the women on average get fewer term sheets overall. Why does this happen?

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

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. The applications for uploading and sharing the photos are obviously more viral and visually compelling. I still do.

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Two investment deals are on the table. Which do you sign?

The Startup Toolkit

You’re facing two term sheets and have boiled them down to the most relevant facts, listed below. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Which do you choose? 1.25mm total. Requires team relocation.

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Two investment deals are on the table. Which do you sign?

The Startup Toolkit

You’re facing two term sheets and have boiled them down to the most relevant facts, listed below. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Which do you choose? 1.25mm total. Requires team relocation.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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. The self-assessment methodology, pioneered by Village Capital, is called VIRAL, for “Venture Investment Readiness and Awareness Levels.” .

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Getting into the hot deals before they're hot

This is going to be BIG.

Only, I didn''t spot a hot deal any more than anyone makes a viral video. Videos don''t start out viral. Dennis and Naveen had pitched just about every investor you could think of and came up with a whopping zero term sheets. You make them, and then the audience decides that it should be passed around a million times.

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