Finance & Operations
Finance & Operations
How to Write a Round-Closing Pitch Deck: Advice from Someone Who’s Been There
Editor’s Note: The following is a transcription from ‘How to Write a Round-Closing Pitch Deck,’ a presentation given at 500…
by Daniel Kador Finance & Operations
No Head of Biz Dev? 6 Steps to Get Your Strategic Business Development Effort Up & Running
Building corporate relationships with organizations outside of your own (aside from customers and suppliers) is important — very important —…
by John McCullough Finance & Operations
5 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Term Sheet
Startups looking for venture capital often struggle to navigate all the different options out there. How do you find the…
by Ricky Pelletier Finance & Operations
Borrow Wisely: 10 Criteria to Help You Compare Venture Debt Term Sheets
As either a key source of minimally dilutive growth funding and / or runway between equity financings, debt is an…
by John McCullough Finance & Operations
The Usual Suspects: Identifying Key Decision-Makers for B2B Strategic Partnerships
B2B SaaS startups can gain great go-to-market leverage from partnering with larger ecosystem players, whether via co-marketing, a referral-based arrangement,…
by John McCullough Finance & Operations
The Strategy and Economics Behind Google’s “Race to Zero”
If you paid attention to Google I/O 2015 last week, you might have noticed that the tech giant made a…
by Scott Maxwell Finance & Operations
Thinking Like an M&A Expert: 8 Questions to Ask When Hiring Your Investment Banker
One of the ways in which VCs can help entrepreneurs is by introducing them to the best-fit partners and advisors.…
by John McCullough Finance & Operations
Thinking Like an M&A Expert: 7 Tips on Aligning Yourself with Potential Acquirers
It’s been a month since I joined OpenView, and I’m up and running. My onboarding paper work is finished, I’ve…
by John McCullough Finance & Operations
The Truth About VC Value-Add
I recently read a post on TechCrunch from NextView’s Jay Acunzo about how “Director of Platform” is the hot new…
by Scott Maxwell