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50 Questions: How do VCs make investment decisions?

December 15, 2011

Nic Brisbourne’s latest post gives an overview of the process from the VCs side: from first “falling in love with a deal”, all the way to finally making the investment.

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50 Questions: What are the five killer things I could do to improve my chances of funding?

December 9, 2011

If you need a quick and easy injection of fundraising advice, Nic’s latest 50 questions post should definitely do the trick. He has five simple but powerful tactics that you can use now to boost your chances of getting venture capital funding.

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50 questions: Will a VC bring in a pro CEO once the round is closed?

November 18, 2011

VCs don’t plan to bring in a new CEO when they invest in a business, but over time circumstances may arise that make it the best course of action. In the latest 50 questions post, Nic explains when, why and how investors introduce new CEOs to the teams with whom they work.

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50 Questions: What are the five biggest pitfalls to avoid during negotiations?

November 4, 2011

Together with Nic Brisbourne of The Equity Kicker / DFJ Esprit, I am writing a series of 50 questions you should ask when raising venture capital. We expect the series to run for a year, after which we will collate the answers into a book. We view this as a collaboration, so please comment to help make this series even more useful. This [...]

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50 Questions: How should an entrepreneur approach negotiation of the key terms?

October 21, 2011

Nic’s last post in the 50 Questions series was a mathematically dense explanation of how anti-dilution clauses work. This week he gives concise and clear advice on how to negotiate key terms, particularly focusing on valuation. He advises to follow standard practice as far as possible to avoid terms that disproportionately benefit the investor.

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50 Questions: What is anti-dilution/downround protection?

October 20, 2011

In my post Key terms in a termsheet Part 2 I covered the basics of anti-dilution. In that post I wrote that there are three flavours of anti-dilution; full ratchet, narrow-based weighted average and broad-based weighted average. In this post I’m going to go into a little more detail on each of the three mechanisms.

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50 questions: What should I try to achieve in the first meeting?

October 12, 2011

So much seems to ride on the first meeting with a VC that many entrepreneurs find the experience terrifying. The meeting takes on an importance all of its own, and becomes either a ordeal to be survived or, worse, the single meeting that will make or break your company.

It’s neither. So take a deep breath, relax, and read on.

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