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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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If you want to download the document I’ve made it available at my favorite document sharing site DocStoc). He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public. 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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If I could persuade you that they’re already in these documents would you consider abandoning this structure? Those terms you fought so hard to get out of “clean term sheets” by using TheFunded, VentureHacks and the like are in your current documents. That’s right. So you’re taking all of the pricing risk.

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