Red Flags Entrepreneurs Should Avoid
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Pitching
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5 Tips for Entrepreneurs
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Deal Flow Management Software
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Seraf Launches Deal Flow Management
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Get Your Slide Deck Done Early
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Pitching Angel Investors: Materials
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How to Get a Meeting with an Angel
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How to Avoid The 9 Worst Pitching Thin Spots
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Avoid These 25 Mistakes When Pitching to Investors
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Tell Them To Go It Alone: Tag-Team Pitches are Terrible
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Can You Help Me With This? Advising On Pitch Decks
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Angel 101: Read This First…A Primer for New Angel Investors
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Scavenger Hunt: What To Look For In A Pitch Deck
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I’ll Be Brief: Why Angels Should Insist on a One-Pager
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Sifting For Success - Pitching Angels In Groups
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12 Angel Investor Tips for First-Time Entrepreneurs
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How the Best Entrepreneurs Communicate Vision
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Deal Leadership
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Behind the Scenes of Angel Investing: Engaging Group Members
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Deal Flow Management Software
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Benefits of Deal Flow Management
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Seraf Launches Deal Flow Management
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The Angel Investing Process
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Cutting Bait: When To Walk Away
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Let’s Make a Deal: Negotiating Terms
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Good To Go: When You Have Enough to Move Forward
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Producing a Tight Diligence Report
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The Importance of Reference Checking
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The Importance of Interim Checkpoints
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Grist For The Mill: Gathering Data for Diligence
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“Places, Please!” - Organizing A Deal Team
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The Team Approach to Processing Deals
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One Step At a Time: Overview of Deal Stages
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Short & Savvy: Hallmarks of A Good Deal Process
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Every Team Needs A Coach: Managing the Deal Process
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Leaders Wanted: The Importance of Deal Leadership
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The Art and Science of Deal Leadership
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Due Diligence
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Deal Flow Management Software
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Benefits of Deal Flow Management
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Seraf Launches Deal Flow Management
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Impact Investing Due Diligence Report Template
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Impact Investing Diligence Checklist
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Due Diligence in Early Stage Companies [Series]
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7 Key Risks [Infographic]
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Avoid These 5 Deep Dive Meeting Pitfalls
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Coaching on How to Survive A Deep Dive Meeting
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Prepping an Entrepreneur for a Deep Dive Meeting with Investors
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Seraf Toolbox: Due Diligence Checklist
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Template for Due Diligence Reports
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Questionnaire for Checking Customer References
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Questionnaire for Assessing Management Teams
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Due Diligence Mistakes
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Verifying Goal Alignment
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Deal Terms and Payoff
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Building an Exit Strategy
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Legal Issues For Startups
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Financials & Funding Strategy
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How to Determine Market Size
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Evaluating Go-To-Market Strategies
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Startup Uniqueness & Competition
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Verifying Customer Demand
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Startup Technology & IP
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Leaders Wanted - Assessing Leadership Teams
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Due Diligence: 7 Key Risks
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An Investor’s Guide to Due Diligence
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What Kinds of Investments Do You Steer Away From?
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What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?
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An Angel Investing Overview of Key Founder Issues
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Negotiating Terms
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Seraf Launches Deal Flow Management
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Angel Investing Courses on Termsheets and Valuations
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Overview of Early Stage Deal Structures
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Deal Terms Expectations Summary
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The Mix of a Winning Startup Portfolio
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Building a Startup Portfolio That Will Get You There
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Beating the Odds: Startup Pathways to Success
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The Seraf Method: Valuation Look-Up Table
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Seraf Valuation Method: Current Deal and Environment
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Seraf Valuation Method: Financing Requirements
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Seraf Valuation Method: Exit Practicalities
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Methods For Valuing Startups [Part II]
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Methods For Valuing Startups [Part I]
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Understanding Early Stage Capitalization Tables [Part II]
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Understanding Early Stage Capitalization Tables [Part I]
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Angel Investing: Valuation, Capitalization and Startup Economics
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Introducing the Seraf Toolbox for Early Stage Investors
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Let’s Make a Deal: Negotiating Terms
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The Closing Package from Hell
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Equity Deal Terms - Exits & Liquidity
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Equity Deal Terms - Governance, Management and Control
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Equity Deal Terms - Investor Rights/Protection
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Equity Deal Terms - Economics
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Mapping Key Deal Terms to Key Investor Concerns
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Introduction to Understanding Equity Deal Terms
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Congratulations On Your VC Round!
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Syndication
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Angel Syndication: Three Traps to Avoid
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Angel Syndication: Strategies To Engage Investors
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Angel Syndication: Three Basic Concepts
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Early Stage Investment Syndication
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Crowdfunding
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The Angel Next Door - Christopher Mirabile [Podcast]
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2016 Crowdfunding Rules: Restrictions
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New Crowdfunding Rules
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14 Questions & Answers on Crowdfunding
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What Angels Need to Know about SEC Rule 506(c)
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Understanding Crowdfunding
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