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MAY 19, 2018

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. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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MARCH 2, 2011

I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. I invest, work deals and do operations. I enjoy that.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Three years ago during Thanksgiving I told Nivi I would write down what I look for in an entrepreneur for a series of posts for VentureHacks. Board Meetings. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode. Startups Are for Doers.

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JULY 19, 2011

But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. I have investment money at stake so I’m a principal in the negotiation, too. Lawyers : So you got your big term sheet signed and you’re now in the drafting. You want the deal to close in 4 weeks. It happens. Why do I care? Highly ethical.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

But that’s hardly fair compensation when your former cube mate gave you $25,000 of money she didn’t really have to invest in you, took tons of risks with her money, and now has to pay a VC price for that money a year after she invested it. So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5

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MAY 22, 2010

Dig deeper and you see that they do: project management (like 37 Signals), share and store files online (like DropBox and Box.net), create and edit documents online (like Google Docs & Zoho), Wikis (like SocialText) and Discussions (like Yammer). If Skype continues its growth eBay should at least see a return on its investment.

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