This is the seventh post in a Friday series on “raising VC money.” I’ve really enjoyed writing these posts and to have an opportunity to interact with many folks. Thank you for the encouragement! Today, we’ll cover the topic “how to negotiate the legal documents.” So, you’ve successfully pitched the VC and his partners (more
Category: Entrepreneurship
The new market for seed financings
I was on a panel this morning at the Cambridge Innovation Center (many thanks Ben Hron and Rick Lucash) with NEVCA’s C.A. Webb and NextView’s David Beisel. A lot of entrepreneurs had questions about the new JOBS Bill and the crowd-sourcing opportunities it may create for seed financings. The discussion made me realize again that the early-stage
Raising VC money: how to negotiate a term sheet
This is the sixth post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”. For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on “how to negotiate a VC term sheet.” Let’s say that after interacting with a VC, you’re at last invited to the all-critical partners’ meeting (more here)
Seed companies are NOT lottery tickets
Foundry’s Seth Levine recently had a great blog post about what can happen when VCs do too many seeds (more here): I’m seeing an increasing number of Series A pitches where a company has at least one venture investor in its seed, the business is very clearly doing well and where the entrepreneur is simply
Raising VC money: how to handle the VC partners’ meeting?
This is the fifth post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”. For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle the VC partners’ meeting.” It is a unique meeting. It’s a smaller version of pitching the Supreme Court. So, you’ve done some research
Raising VC money: how to handle VC due diligence?
This is the fourth post in a Friday series on “raising VC money.” For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on the topic: how to handle VC due diligence. So, you’ve come up with a short list of VCs (more here), you’ve asked for the meeting (more