Brad Feld: what founders need to know about recent changes in VC deal terms

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issues of the day.In their conversation, Brad and Connie discuss the need to know information when it comes to preparing for, structuring
and executing venture deals, and how that information has changed over the past several decades
Feld walks through the major topics that have been added in the latest edition of the book, such as how to handle venture debt, along with
the entrepreneur get to define those two variables
The two variables are: the amount of money you raise and what getting to the next level means
The amount of money you should raise is the amount of money that you need to get your business to the next level
There are lots of different ways to define what next level is and by forcing yourself internally to define next level and then define what
of financing, it helps you size rationally what you need versus reactively to whatever the market characteristics are.I actually encourage
market with
that you actually think you need to get to the next level
Uber, as well as how boards, executives and founders can manage cult of personality and static company cultures.For access to the full
That was at the Autodesk Lab if I remember correctly.Loizos: Yes
broader thoughts about the current state of the market
And given there are always new entrepreneurs emerging, it continues to be highly relevant.How do you go about updating a book like this,
given that some things change and some things stay the same?