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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. So what does a VC do when he or she isn’t ready to say “no” or perhaps might like to talk with you in a year but not now?

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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

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And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital?

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

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I don’t think any serious VC or angel thought it was “collusion.&# Here’s the thing: entrepreneurs who aren’t at all of our private meetings really didn’t know what do think about the situation. It sure wasn’t when I was a first-time entrepreneur. But to entrepreneurs can be gold.

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

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And yes, VC’s, too. Yet a critical mistake I see many entrepreneurs make is that they hand over too much control to their third-parties. But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. Negotiate directly with your VC or acquirer with lawyers present in the room. Recruiters.

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Secure Enterprise Sharing Provider CapLinked Announces $3.5M Round

Tech.Co

“Given the nature of the venture capital industry, we understand the need for a secure deal management and stakeholder communications platform. CapLinked is founded by two successful entrepreneurs: CEO Eric Jackson, former marketing lead at PayPal ; and COO Christopher Grey, two time founder including Crestridge Investments.

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

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.” I applaud all efforts by people to take on this issue and especially be Adeo who – let’s be honest – was really the first champion of trying to make the VC world more transparent by launching TheFunded, which didn’t exactly endear him to VCs initially. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.”

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

Tech Zulu Event

andi lets you 1) multitask on screen with live panels and transition to and from multiple task sets, 2) browse offline docs and apps in the same multitask environment as online activities, and 3) organizes and manages unlimited panels and queues in a single active session. We hear they might bring something special to this event….wonder

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