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sheynkman

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About sheynkman

Senior Managing Director and co-Founder of RTP Ventures. Started 3 software companies, now a VC. Still write code pretty much every night.

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    I am 48 and a General Partner at a VC fund. On the board of five tech companies. Founded three companies where I was CEO. Coded and still code every day since my Stanford CS days i…

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    How to visualize the competition

    A different take on those dreaded "competition" checkbox slides for your VC pitch

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    Complete "Getting Funded" Series

    Six posts from a 3x Silicon Valley company founder on dealing with the funding process... step by step.

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    Getting Funded: Step 5, The Legal Grind

    Final part of the six-part "Getting Funded" series by a serial entrepreneur turned VC

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    Comment #2764289

    As promised, the next post in the series is up

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    Getting Funded: Step 3, The Partner Meeting

    Part 4 of the "Getting Funded" series

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    Comment #2743604

    Happy to help. There are a few more coming. Want to walk everyone through the whole process, especially what due diligence YOU have to do on your VCs. Enjoy.

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    Getting Funded: Step 1 – Getting VCs to notice

    Part 2 of the "Getting Funded" series

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    Comment #2724641

    I will make a point about financial projections... they are there to let the VC know how you think about money vs. setting concrete goals. As far as "where do you see yourself in f…