Fenwick & West's venture barometer always provides useful insights into terms used in venture financing in Silicon Valley / the Bay Area. The good news for entrepreneurs is that Q3 seems to provide an inflection point for the better. Let's dig...

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Disclosure is a good thing. Early disclosure of thorny issues is a very good thing (such as, "I am embroiled in a legal dispute with my co-founder over ownership of the company and here is why"). That does NOT mean, however, that you should be..

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I decided to fully republish a great post by David Woodward that was fuelled by an interview we did together but which captures the views I previously developed here better than I could express them. Hope you enjoy ! A few days ago, I had an interesting..

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Image via CrunchBase DailyMotion today officially announces its new round of EUR17M, defying the fate that has befallen most video sharing startups (see: Veoh's hail mary) as it breaches through 60M Uniques Users. Atlas Venture participates above...

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Many VC's, particularly in Europe, are disappointing in their (lack of) intensity. They are not 24/7, passionate advocates of the businesses they fund; neither do you meet them at random conferences scouting for new companies; nor do they necessarily.

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