Blog Posts, Fundraising, Q&AQ: What don’t they tell you about venture capital firms? A few things that aren’t obvious when you raise venture capital: Your VC partner may leave. There has been much more…
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Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, Fundraising, SaaStr EventsSaaStr’s New New in Venture Virtual Summit is coming up on May 27th. This will be a 1 day, 2 track event with over 10,000 attendees. (and it’s FREE to…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, Q&AWhy Do VCs Want To Own So Much When They Invest? It’s confusing. Why do VCs need to own “so much”? Why do they often have these specific targets? Isn’t…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, SaaStr EventsSaaStr’s New New in Venture Virtual Summit is coming up May 27th and here’s why you should join. Register now! It’s FREE! We have 250 VCs+ and 1000+ Founder/CEOs looking…
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Blog Posts, FundraisingQ: Are Silicon Valley VC firms suspending or significantly cutting down on startup investments during this pandemic given the vast economic uncertainties of this time, or is it business as…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, VideosOur recent SaaStr Summit: Bridging the Gap was the first time I’ve had a chance to be a participant at a SaaStr event in a long, long time. Usually I…
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Blog Posts, FundraisingQ: What’s the Brutal Truth About Fundraising for Startups? The brutal truths are: Everyone wants to fund the same thing. The earlier stage you are, the more different folks will…
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Blog Posts, FundraisingQ: What are the Pros and Cons of Seed Investing? Seed investing is a bit of a sucker bet. At least on a relative basis to other types of venture…
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Customer Success, Fundraising, Podcasts, Product Ep. 323: Bhavin Shah is the Founder & CEO @ Moveworks, the cloud-based AI platform, purpose-built for large enterprises, that resolves employees’ IT support issues—instantly and…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, Q&AQ: Which VC firms are still reviewing fundable deals during the Covid-19 quarantine? Almost every VC firm is reviewing deals. The question is what are they doing about them. We…
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With venture capital investments that fail, is the problem most often with the entrepreneur or was it a bad investment by the VC? There often is no problem. The earlier stage…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, Q&AWhat are some signs that an “angel investor” is really a “devil investor”? Some top signs trouble may come later from an “angel” investor: The terms are way, way, way…
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Blog Posts, Featured Q&A, Fundraising, Q&ACan an entrepreneur back out of a signed term sheet without damaging his/her reputation? I’m going to say Yes, probably. There is a lot of drama around broken term sheets. Mostly…
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Blog Posts, FundraisingWhat has a higher chance of making you money, being a venture capitalist or a startup founder? VCs have a much higher chance of making good money. Their own investors (“LPs”…
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Blog Posts, FundraisingOver 1,500 of you registered for an incredible deep-dive we did yesterday with Byron Deeter, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Byron has invested in over a dozen Cloud unicorns and even…
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