venture capital

Book Review: Mastering the VC Game by Jeff Bussgang

As a young entrepreneur, it’s not easy to understand how venture capital really works. There are tons of horror stories that spread through the community like urban legends and phrases like “Term sheets” and “Down Rounds” can sound foreign.  Amidst all of these questions is an aura of uncertainty about how the whole system really works. Fortunately, there’s Jeff Bussgang’s book, Mastering the VC Game to help. 
 
This book should be a must read for any young entrepreneur who thinks they may ever want funding. It’s that good. Here’s a few reasons I love the book:

The Next Generation of Launching Your Company: 5 Steps to Get You Off the Ground

Traditionally, every Entrepreneur ran from one Venture Capital firm to the next with their pitch book, power point presentation, and objective of raising between $1 to $2 million to get their company off the ground. Their plan was to hit all the milestones and objectives, raise another $5 million, ramp sales and waited a few years to get acquired or go public.

General Catalyst Partners

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Harvard Square 200 University Rd, 4th floor Cambridge, MA 02139
General Catalyst Partners is a Cambridge-based (Harvard Square) early stage venture capital & private equity firm that invests in Technology, Consumer, Med-tech and Cleantech/Energy.

The 8 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask Themselves

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Glenn Kelman
The 8 Questions Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, was asked when he was pitching to VCs. Useful for any entrepreneur.

Negotiating a Better Series A Deal

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Sim Simeonov
This post is about how to get a better deal from VCs investing in your first round of financing. It is also about how to make the deal into a win-win.

Holy Crap! HubSpot Has Now Raised A Total Of $33 Million

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Dharmesh Shah, CTO of Hubspot
The Story Of How I Ended Up Raising $33 Million In Funding...even though they "Did not need the cash"

Insanity? Why A Bootstrap Entrepreneur Raised $17 Million in Venture Funding

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Dharmesh Shah, CTO of Hubspot
How A Bootstrap Entrepreneur Winds Up Raising $17 Million In Venture Funding...

5 milestones to reach before raising venture capital

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Mike McDermott
Q: When is the time to raise venture capital? A: When....

The Funded

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Bay Area, CA
TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide.

VCMike's Blog

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Mike Hirshland, VC partner at Polaris Venture Partners in Boston.
Internet Investing at Polaris Venture Partners, and other random stuff…
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