Angelsoft has released a new service which allows entrepreneurs to seek funding from their network..
Apparently this service now aggregates reports from 50+ services (like Thomson’s old VentureXpert). Previously data..
A couple of weeks ago I "upgraded" my blog comments to Disqus from those native..
I’ve always found it annoying that the company has to pay for investors’ legal fees..
…he’d be Yokum Taku. Anyone who’s spent any time with me knows that I’m quite..
Someone asked a question about this on TheFunded and here’s (my expanded) response. First, let..
So you have just finished months of grueling investor presentations and due diligence and finally one (or hopefully more) VCs have signaled their interest in negotiating the terms of an investment in your startup. This interest may be in the form of an actual term sheet that they’ve sent to you or a call/meeting/email indicating they would like to make an offer but want to talk about terms before shooting something over the transom.
First, congratulations, you are now in a *very* select group of startups. Having been on both sides of the table, here is my list of tips for entrepreneurs negotiating with VCs:
A good rule of thumb is to have a financial plan with 18+ months of..
In the same vein as a previous post on putting criminal records online, an enterprising..
As the costs of developing web services has dropped (dramatically) a new crop of companies..