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

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And yes, VC’s, too. 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.&#.

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Interview with Steve Poizner, Alliance for Southern California Innovation

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But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region. As you know, Silicon Valley has a locker grip on the venture capital community. I think our board is agreement for the need for more venture capital. It's a great place.

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Bad Notes on Venture Capital

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On the phone … Me: So, you raised venture capital? Me: At what price? Him: It wasn’t priced. So you did raise with a price. It’s just a maximum price. Him: But when I raised my first round we didn’t know how to price the company. How will you price the next round?

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. Many deals – VC or otherwise – didn’t close. Especially in VC.

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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.&# Let’s be honest – as professional investors we have ALL been to meetings with other groups of investors where we talk about whether there’s a bubble, price creep, etc. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity?