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  • Is Venture Capital Right for You?

    It depends. Are you pursuing a massive market opportunity? Do you want to accelerate quickly? Are you ready for an exit in a few years? Because, after all, when VCs invests in your company, they want to see a return after some period of time.

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  • Negotiating the Deal

    Just as a venture capital firm is doing due diligence on you, don’t be afraid to do some due diligence on them. Check to make sure they’re the right fit, and try to make sure they’re a team that hangs in there—through the highs and the lows.

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  • What You Need to Know About Venture Capitalists

    The venture capital industry is a very small industry. It looms large in the minds of the entrepreneur, has a huge impact on the economy and yet, it’s a very, very small group of people.

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  • Your First Meeting with a VC

    The best VC meetings are very dynamic, where both sides are riffing off of each other on strategy, business development and creative ideas. So, if you’re in a meeting with a venture capitalist who’s pushing on new areas, run with it!

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  • Founder’s Dilemmas

    As a founder you ignore “people problems” at your peril. It is important to understand how different founding choices could make a difference, according to expert Noam Wasserman.

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  • Challenges on the Road to Growth

    One of the central dilemmas for entrepreneurs is that of wealth versus control. Very few entrepreneurs are able to achieve being both rich AND king.

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  • Equity Splits

    “Unfortunately, many of our natural inclinations about equity splits are wrong or counterproductive, destined to cause problems in the long run, even when they seem eminently fair, wise, and peaceful in the short run.”
    &#8212 Noam Wasserman, Founder’s Dilemmas, page 145

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  • Relationships

    Page and Brin. Jobs and Wozniak. Hewlett and Packard. Famous co-founders, striking stories. What are the pitfalls for co-founders? Where can things go wrong?

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  • Should I Co-found? With Whom?

    Once a decision is made to found a company, one of the first and most important decisions concerns whether to “go solo” or to form a founding team. There are good reasons to form a team, but it is essential to address the question: with whom should I found?

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