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Getting VC money: what liquidation terms mean
An entrepreneur looking for his or her first VC round of financing is much often than not familiar with the jargon the deal terms involve not to mention with what liquidation terms stand for. In short the term basically refers to who gets what in a VC deal that is structured in a multi-tiered way. Read a short context here, then this and then this and you also have an xls available to play with.
We will be in London next week
...for Seedcamp, that is, among the 20 other teams selected for an intensive learning week.

We seem to be the only team from Eastern Europe, and then there's one from each Slovenia, France, Russia, Sweden, the Emirates, Germany, Scotland, Netherlands and Spain and all the others from the UK. All with very interesting business ideas, I am looking forward to meeting those guys.

If you are in London next week, ping me for a pint for two - drnovac at gmail
We were shortlisted at seedcamp...
...with urbee. Urbee is a mobile application in a calendar format that list the events and locations from a city - it is already available for Bucharest and we also have a demo for London.

The funny thing is that just prior to Seedcamp launching Andrei and I had decided to focus on urbee more seriously so that we could make it a lucrative business.

We got an email yesterday confirming that we made it to the shortlist and as such we are just one phone interview away from being invited to London for a fantastic schmoozing and mentoring week put together by the Seedcamp guys.
20 smart ideas to develop now
if in doubt about what next and you're an entrepreneur, that is - link
the captains of innovation
...or at least the new ones that were present in a panel at the AO's Stanford Summit
lists
companies from outside the US and entrepreneurs under 30 to keep an eye on. via
startups and conferences
What matters and why - in Sillicon Valley. If in Europe, I'd also keep in mind Reboot, Lift, Shift and LeWeb. Oh yeah, and Seedcamp.
seedcamp
A week long event held in September targeted at young entrepreneurs from EMEA. 20 teams will make the final and there will be 5 winners of 50k euros pounds for 10% in equity. A very good initiative, I wish we had more like this across Europe.
what to look at in an internet investment
self note, especially in a market where comparables are not available
the rich versus king decision
more control versus access to more resources - link
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