Category: Venture Capital & Term Sheets
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What Venture Capital Investors Want in a Term Sheet
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Why a VC Will Take a Lighter to Your NDA
Why Venture Capitalists Won’t Sign Your Non-Disclosure Agreement
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6 Traps To Avoid When Raising Capital
Brad Sugars of Action International has published an article titled “6 Biggest Mistakes in Raising Startup Capital.” In the article, Brad lists the following as the 6 biggest mistakes you can make when raising capital for your startup: 1. Half-baked business plans 2. Focusing too much on the idea and too little on the management…
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Getting Subpoenaed Does Not Make You a Target–Just Be Sure to Tell the Truth
As a former Securities and Exchange Commission legal clerk and a current Apple fanatic, the following story is of high interest: Steve Jobs subpoenaed in backdating case September 20 2007: 5:27 PM EDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition…
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Why Every Entrepreneur Should Listen to 2Pac
Tupac Amaru Shakur is an uncomfortable case study for founders not because his life ended badly, but because his career looks like a high‑velocity organization operating inside adversarial systems: rapid brand expansion, constant scrutiny, hostile counterparties, and almost no slack. He built one of the most powerful personal brands of the 1990s while navigating legal…