Remove Coach Remove Invest Remove Pricing Remove Screening
article thumbnail

The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

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. There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. What stage?

article thumbnail

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. What stage?

Startup 361
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. The one you were counting on.

article thumbnail

Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. The one you were counting on.

article thumbnail

Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. No matter how much large clients tell you they want transparency in pricing, they always seem to fall for the same old trick.

Startup 151
article thumbnail

How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

Develop 366