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Your board should protect you!

Berkonomics

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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Board members must protect the coporation before themselves.

Berkonomics

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

Tech Zulu Event

Men have dominated the world of investment. There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

Tech Zulu Event

Bruce Sallan (@BruceSallan) - I'm a former showbiz guy who writes a dad's column. Carlos R (@CarlosHernandez) - Social media educator & co-creator of Social Media for the Uncomfortable. Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) - Strategic Communications Coach. Tanya Roscorla (@reportertanya) - Education reporter and writer.

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When should you go for equity financing?

Berkonomics

We’ve worried together about the moral obligation implicit in taking such investments from people so close, even with their promise never to expect a return. There is an exemption from the requirements that these investors be accredited with net worth or income minimums to qualify legally to invest in your company. Accelerators.

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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. Either you’re not a good leader and he shouldn’t be investing at all, or he has no clue what it takes to build a startup.&#. Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). I guarantee this is a bad VC.