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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage?

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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What price? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage?

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

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They’re essential in helping us get our jobs done because they specialize in something we do not. We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. Middle Men.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

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But Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich used his many years of experience to deliberate a plan that was well executed and surprised even the experts in the game, leading the underdog team to a Game 7 against the defending champions. Heat coach, Eric Spoelstra adapted to what the Spurs were doing because their initial game plan was not working.

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Embrace Losing

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). We helped the write out their requirements for a system. We felt this was a marquee account and one that would help us take our collaboration tool global as Thames owned assets all over the world. The momentum had shifted.

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