| Managing the Tradeoff between Venture Partner and Financial Terms | May 01, 2007 |
Michael Cline
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Accretive, LLC |
Endeavor's Entrepreneurs' Summit |
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| Video 1 of 16 from this talk |
- 01:56Managing the Tradeoff between Venture Partner and Financial Terms
- 02:04Raising Money outside Silicon Valley
- 04:13How to Pick a Venture Partner
- 01:52Advice about Term Sheets
- 03:39What to Expect and to Avoid in Term Sheets
- 01:44Replacing Yourself as CEO
- 01:28Leadership Is the Scarce Input for a Startup
- 03:49How to Attract Great Talent
- 04:01How Much Money to Raise?
- 01:20Cautions about Raising Too Much Money
- 01:52Option Pools and Sharing Wealth with the Team
- 02:30Setting Valuation
- 01:53Creating Real Value: Substance over Form When Raising Money
- 02:40Using Agents to Help Raise Money
- 02:40Venture Funding Challenges in Emerging Economies
- 01:21Which Investors Add Value
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Michael Cline, Founding Partner at Accretive Technology Partners, suggests that when fundraising, the venture partner is much more important than the financial terms. However, Cline qualifies this advice by suggesting that you pick a venture partner much like you would want your daughter to pick a husband. Not only does the commitment, capability and integrity of the investing partner matter but so does your importance to and relationship with the larger venture firm.
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