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In October, 2006, HiBEAM and Vantage Counsel held a Hawaii Entrepreneurs Summit at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. The Summit consisted of three, 1-hour panels: 1) Entrepreneur Panel, 2) Venture Capital Panel, and 3) Start-up Financing: A Deal in Real Time. Click here to view the videos of the panels.

An entrepreneur's perspective of the most important VC term sheet terms.  This blog provides a link to 25 VC term sheet terms that every entrepreneur should know.

Guy Kawasaki's blog about slide presentations is a great starting point for new entrepreneurs. Read about his "10/20/30 rule" - 10 slides,  20 minutes max., no smaller than 30 point fon

Kip Sheeline of LVP interviews Kevin Compton of Kleiner Perkins on venture board alignment issues. Kevin candidly discusses his decision making process when evaluating competing term sheets with different economic terms, how he values human capital compared to dollars in the boardroom, and how he addresses conflicts of interest posed by co-investors with differing risk profiles.

http://www.LaunchSiliconValley.org

When: Wednesday, November 8, 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, Mountain View

Check out this article on the best time to raise venture capital:

Check out the following video of The Churchill Club's annual look at what it takes to build a successful startup.

Click here to see the video.

I found this great post on Ev's Blog the other day.  Going through another web startup right now, I can tell you most of these rules are very true.