Tom Evslin has a nice post up titled Two New Must Read VC Blogs for Entrepreneurs praising AsktheVC (yes – we like positive feedback (thanks Tom) – we send it to our mothers and it makes them proud.) Tom has a series of posts titled “VC Primer from an Entrepreneur’s Point of View”. They include: VC […]
I’m having a debate with some of my angel investors on this, as we are trying to raise larger capital. If you are in a space that has promise, but the earlier entrants have a mottled history, is it a better pitch to show that you have a better mousetrap (ie: better operating results at […]
Question: Is there any such thing as a VC broker? Someone who would have the VC connections and industry knowledge needed to properly negotiate a good deal for a startup? While company management has expertise at running a company, this is not the same skill as knowing the ins and outs of the various forms […]
As I was reading through my feeds this morning, I noticed that in addition to Jason’s post on VCs and Non-Disclosure Agreements, Rick Segal also had a long and thoughtful post titled Shhhh – The Promise Not To Tell about how an entrepreneur should think about NDA’s. These are both additive to my post Why […]
Question: I have heard many times that VCs won’t sign NDAs. When I ask why this is, I’m told that reputable VCs won’t share my ideas with others and/or that my ideas aren’t so special or revolutionary that they would be stolen. In the real world, VCs talk, they look at many deals, they network, […]
Rick Segal has the helpful VC post of the day up on his site at Post Money Value titled Annotated Term Sheet and the Secret Prize. Rick links to annotated term sheet for an early stage VC investment from lawyer Craig Brown at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Having just read through this, it nicely compliments the […]
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