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Want To Be A TechStar? Read Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s New Book: Venture Deals

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I recently reviewed Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Deals , in THIS ENTRY. Thus, I was excited when Brad agreed to chat with me via Skype to discuss the book’s genesis, along with the reaction of his fellow venture capitalists to the book’s revelation of numerous fundraising “secrets.”.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! This corrected only to go back up to 13.4x

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One Weird Trick to Build a Personal Brand

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We shared information about building sales teams. If you’re reading this you’ll now likely know that I became a VC in 2007 with what is now called Upfront Ventures. And was willing to be as open about it as Brad Feld, my inspiration , was. So many people I now know were there. I was Johnny NoMates.

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