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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” But it’s people that tend to be entrepreneurs who are early on their company and entrepreneurial arc.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. It doesn’t. No problem.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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Yet a critical mistake I see many entrepreneurs make is that they hand over too much control to their third-parties. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. As an entrepreneur I have one company to sell. Recruiters.