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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals

InfoChachkie

As an Instructor of entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara, I welcomed the chance to read Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer And Venture Capitalist. They are both former entrepreneurs and current Partners at Foundry Group , a highly successful, early stage venture firm.

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Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

InfoChachkie

A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format. In the real world, entrepreneurs should seek capital from sophisticated investors after they have proven their underlying value proposition. I have seen the effects of this distortion first hand.