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This Week in Startups
Taking the Leap on Valuation, Strategic Retreats
Taking the leap on valuation, strategic retreats (VC School)
Investment Strategy
Funding is a significant milestone for startups to accelerate their journey. You need to get ready before you reach out to the investors. Create a winning pitch deck, be ready to convey your financial status and your potential to investors, find out how to make a hot-shot presentation, negotiate with investors and get ready for due diligence.
Here are some sources that you can benefit from to find out how to proceed on your way to creating an investment strategy.
Blog
Aaron Harris and Jason Kwon – Y Combinator
A Standard and Clean Series a Term Sheet
YC has invested in so many founders over the years and have seen hundreds of Series A term sheets, and knows what good terms look like. This is what a Series A term sheet looks like with standard and clean terms from a good Silicon Valley VC.
Guide
Geoff Ralston – Y Combinator
A Guide to YC Demo Day Presentations
Y Combinator has helped over 1000 companies with their presentations. This guide summarizes what we’ve learned and describes how to create an effective demo day presentation.
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Geoff Ralston – Y Combinator
Transparency in Startup Investing
When you raise a round with many investors, it is hard for the investors to keep track. Here is a proposal to make this better by sending all investors a concise summary of what has happened in the deal, along with all the documents needing their signature. A template is provided.
Guide
Aaron Harris and Jason Kwon – Y Combinator
Series A Diligence Checklist
This checklist includes all the pieces of information you’ll need to have ready once you sign a term sheet. Having all of this together in one place (a data room) before you sign a term sheet will cut as much as a week off of your closing process.
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Aaron Harris – Y Combinator
“Angels,” Angels, and VCs
Many early stage investors call themselves “angel investors” but within this are many types with varying degrees of effectivness and control of their funds. Every founder should be aware of what kind of angel investor they are before accepting money from them.
