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By: A Founder’s Tale: Angels vs. VCs « FoundRead

A Founder’s Tale: Angels vs. VCs « FoundRead — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:54:07 +0000

[...] Founder Aruni Gunasegaram has written about the virtues of ignoring “the experts” , things no one tells you about VCs, and her preparations for “shaking the can” for her current startup, BabbleSoft, in My [...]

By: A few more things no one tells you about VC… « SLO Entrepreneur - In Video

A few more things no one tells you about VC… « SLO Entrepreneur - In Video — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:47 +0000

[...] A few more things no one tells you about VC… Posted February 10, 2008 from: http://foundread.com/2007/11/13/a-few-more-things-no-one-tells-you-about-vc/ A few more things no one tells you about VC… [...]

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:52:15 +0000

Aruni:

I came to terms with a small seed fund, traveled a great distance to sign the papers, and jet-lagged and bleary eyed, fresh off the place, bent over (literally) to sign.

Just as my pen was poised over paper, an assistant came in and said, ‘that;s an incorrect draft, please use this one’, and I looked at the 40 page document, insisting that I read it over, even without my counsel.

It is NOT easy standing on one leg trying to find the worm in the apple, but I did, and it was a doozy.

I walked out. I felt that there was a lump in my throat the size of a tangerine, all the way to Boston.

By: One Founder’s Funding Toolkit « FoundRead

One Founder’s Funding Toolkit « FoundRead — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:57:00 +0000

[...] for Found|READ about the virtues of ignoring “the experts” (like Michael Porter) and the things no one tells you about VCs. Aruni also wrote about her plans to seek angel funding for her current company, BabbleSoft, which [...]

By: Sometimes, You Gotta Ignore the Experts « FoundRead

Sometimes, You Gotta Ignore the Experts « FoundRead — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:26:12 +0000

[...] all. And rules are made to be broken. See more of Aruni’s recommended reading on Found|READ, here, and for more academic sources, see this source pace on her blog. It’s all good stuff. [...]

By: Marc Nathan

Marc Nathan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:15:32 +0000

I happen to know both Ben whom I met through his blog and Aruni, whom I met through her husband Erin. They are both passionate and capable entrepreneurs and the post that Ben is one of the reasons why I think that they are both winners. I am happy to say that I gave similar advice today to a dotcom looking to start their VC raise soon – so I’m glad that my comments are validated by someone who raised VC funding recently.

By: Aruni

Aruni — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:58:09 +0000

Thanks Carleen. I’m glad to have discovered you and your blog!

By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:48:39 +0000

Thank you for linking over and sharing my thoughts with your audience. Hopefully the process of raising financing will continue to get more transparent, which certainly helps those raising money but also VCs and angel investors. If a little more transparency and information helps diminish the tension and conflict that can arise between entrepreneurs and those providing financing even just a little bit, that’s a big win.