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Quick link to another fave blog Altgate, by Furqan Nazeeri
I wanted to quickly give some linklove to Furqan Nazeeri, a former EIR from Softbank who’s been writing some great stuff on raising money. His blog is at Altgate.com, and the RSS feed is here.
He recently made a list of his popular posts which I’ll list below here:
Raising Capital:
- 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks HOT
- 10 Tips On Negotiating With VCs NEW
- Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette
- The Science & Art of Term Sheet Negotiation HOT
- How Liquidation Preferences Work HOT
- How Much Money Should I Raise? NEW
- How To Get Introduced to VCs
- How To Pitch To VCs
- Killer VC Pitch Deck NEW
- Top 10 Tips For Entrepreneurs Pitching VCs
- Top 10 VC Objections (And How To Overcome Them) NEW
- Triage NEW
- Venture Debt For Startups HOT
- What To Expect In Due Diligence HOT
- Why Dividends Matter HOT
Startups:
- ‘Tis The Season To Change The CEO
- 10 Things To Consider Before Joining a Startup
- 10 Web 2.0 Tips: $75 HOT
- All-Hands Team Meeting NEW
- Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs
- Customer Support 2.0
- Financial Modeling Tips For Early-Stage Startups NEW
- Hiring Your First Salesperson
- How To Demo Your Startup NEW
- How To Pitch The Press
- Interview with Professor Noam Wasserman
- Sales Learning Curve
- Startup Compensation HOT
- Startup Entertainment
- Strategies For Two-Sided Markets
- What To Include In A Board Package
Recent posts
Wow, Andrew, you too? The person on the other side of the negotiation (even theoretically) is exactly the wrong place to go for this sort of guidance.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 8:31 am
EIR != VC
Andrew Chen
20 Oct 08 at 10:23 am
Andrew, thx for the props. You're my Robert Scoble.
Rafer, I've been called a lot of things (with a name like mine you get used to it), but biased toward VCs is not one of them. Congrats for being the first!
fnazeeri
20 Oct 08 at 12:49 pm
Walks like a duck….
It's Stockholm syndrome at the very least.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 1:14 pm
Not intending to offend or namecall. I just really think that about a quarter of your points lead to first-time entrepreneurs wasting years of their lives in bad deals.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 1:16 pm
No offense taken, although I wish I had a 0.750 batting average my first time around!
fnazeeri
20 Oct 08 at 1:21 pm
As do I. .250 would have looked good at certain points, however don't underestimate the people who will take your hints as gospel and get hosed as a result. With our scars comes more than a little responsibility.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 1:27 pm
lol rafer = smartass
Andrew Chen
20 Oct 08 at 1:54 pm
Wow, Andrew, you too? The person on the other side of the negotiation (even theoretically) is exactly the wrong place to go for this sort of guidance.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 3:31 pm
EIR != VC
Andrew Chen
20 Oct 08 at 5:23 pm
Andrew, thx for the props. You're my Robert Scoble.
Rafer, I've been called a lot of things (with a name like mine you get used to it), but biased toward VCs is not one of them. Congrats for being the first!
fnazeeri
20 Oct 08 at 7:49 pm
Walks like a duck….
It's Stockholm syndrome at the very least.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 8:14 pm
Not intending to offend or namecall. I just really think that about a quarter of your points lead to first-time entrepreneurs wasting years of their lives in bad deals.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 8:16 pm
No offense taken, although I wish I had a 0.750 batting average my first time around!
fnazeeri
20 Oct 08 at 8:21 pm
As do I. .250 would have looked good at certain points, however don't underestimate the people who will take your hints as gospel and get hosed as a result. With our scars comes more than a little responsibility.
rafer
20 Oct 08 at 8:27 pm
lol rafer = smartass
Andrew Chen
20 Oct 08 at 8:54 pm