Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Raising Venture Capital, Part Two
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Blog: Venture Capital
Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Raising Venture Capital, Part One
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When To Fire a Startup Company’s Founder-CEO
When should a founder be replaced as CEO of a venture-backed company? The topic is obviously a touchy one for a startup founder that brought early success to a company. But while a founder might have been successful leading the startup to a funding event, can the founder also lead
The Far East Just Got Closer for Foreign Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
Private Equity HUB is reporting that Shanghai will allow foreign venture capital and private equity funds to register legally as local equities investment firms: Foreign investors with a focus on Chinese equities can set up a Shanghai-registered entity with initial capital of 100 million yuan ($14.56 million) or more with
Y Combinator Open Sources Funding Documents…Venture Lawyers Leave Office Early
Well I guess that’s it folks. I had a fun ride. Y Combinator has “open sourced” legal documents they provide to their startups seeking funding. The documents were created by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Y Combinator’s law firm. But as of 7:39PST on August 13, there is a “glitch”
How to Rick Roll a Venture Capital Firm
How to rick roll a venture capital firm with your startup company's pitch
Shouldn’t the Standardization of Venture Capital Documents Lead to Reduced Legal Fees?
As an industry, venture capital is relatively young. Yet it has been around long enough–through busts and booms–that it will not simply go away as some might have you think. Venture capital is a legitimate industry which is now being enhanced through standards and patterns. Documentation is one area that
Venture Fund Economics Series
I thought you should know that Fred Wilson is currently posting a fantastic series about Venture Fund Economics on his wildly-popular venture capital blog, “A VC.” So far, Fred has written about venture fund gross and net returns and how venture funds may have one deal that pays off so
What is a Pre-money and Post-money Valuation?
When a startup raises capital, valuation is main economic term that must be tackled. The two main ways valuation is expressed in venture capital financings are what’s known as the “pre-money valuation” and the “post-money valuation”. The startup’s valuation immediately before the venture capital investment is called “pre-money valuation” while the startup’s valuation immediately after
Google Planning to Launch Venture Capital Fund
The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, and VentureBeat are reporting this morning that Google is currently putting the pieces together to launch an internal venture capital arm. This isn’t the first time rumors have swirled about Google launching a venture capital fund, but the speculation is increasing based upon Google’s hiring
