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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

It’s what signals to existing investors how quickly their teams need to be fund raising and the level of risk the company is facing and also it signals to potentially new investors both how quickly you need to raise (ie you have less leverage if you’re in a rush) as well as how much cash you’ll need if they fund you.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” ” My friend Ian Sigelow wrote about this last week and advised people not to take on this kind of job. I saved my main point for last.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. If not, at least find someone really technical that you trust to help act as an adviser to you. Register a company.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” Morgan Stanley then funded one of our competitors. Had I delayed my fund raising in 99/00 by even 3-4 weeks I’m convinced I would not have raised any money at all. Morgan Stanley had proposed a higher valuation to let them in.

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