| Raising Money outside Silicon Valley | May 01, 2007 |
Jason Green
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Emergence Capital Partners |
Endeavor's Entrepreneurs' Summit |
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| Video 2 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
Description
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, suggests that outside Silicon Valley entrepreneurs may need to approach the fundraising process differently simply because there are fewer VCs and less capital available sometimes. Green argues that outside Silicon Valley and perhaps even in the Valley, the best course of action is to have to option to say no?that is to not raise money because the business is self sustaining.
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