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Bad Notes on Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Him: But it’s much cheaper to just use the Series Seed term sheets that every law firm has put out so convertible notes make more sense because they’re cheaper and easier. Me: Then why don’t you take that same Series Seed doc and stick a price in it. I often will fund 80+% of a round and move quickly.

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Interview with Ruben Schultz, Swoop

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in a seed funding round. We use a Notion doc. Today's interview is with Ruben Schultz, the co-founder of Swoop (www.swoopapp.com), a new startup which develops software for limousine, party bus, and other transportation providers. The company recently announced $3.2M from Signia Venture Partners, South Park Commons, and angels.

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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that. Fariborz Maseeh: As long as someone is affiliate with the Engineering school in some way--as an undergrad, graduate student, faculty, post-doc, or research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, it's open to them.