Many of you have probably attended boot camps, start up camps, bar camps, etc. All of these camps, etc, are very very important. As I mentioned countless times (probably), you can't go wrong with guys like Jeff Clavier (and others) giving you good from the trenches, advice.
I've been thinking about what we could do to continue to help the Canadian entrepreneurs. I've teamed up with my fellow members of the Toronto Venture Group (TVG) and we are presenting what I've termed the Process Land Mine Avoidance Breakfast.
On January 10th, here in Toronto, you can spend a block of time with a VC, a Debt Fund Manager, and a great Start Up focused lawyer where we go through a full package of documents and show you the traps, pitfalls, third rails, etc.
You'll get to keep essentially a full closing book from real transaction which includes:
1. Term Sheet
2. Debt Structure
3. Shareholders Agreement
4. Subscription Agreements
5. And the other standard documents
The speakers will be:
- Me
- Mark McQueen of Wellington Financial LP. Mark has a great blog with his team, here.
- Suzanne Dingwall Williams, an excellent lawyer focused on start ups. She has a great blog here.
The plan is to give you a full package, walk you through stuff, and take lots of questions.
This will be January 10th, in the morning and is part of the TVG breakfast series. You will be able to sign up for this shortly. It's fifty bucks per head to cover the costs of printing materials, food, the venue, etc. The venue is not that big so you should sign up if you want to come, not waiting until the last minute.
If you want to get on the list to be signed up pretty much now, contact Susan Cudahy at the TVG. She can be reached via that keyboard: susan.cudahy AT tvg.org
Please let everybody in the Toronto area know about this. We think this can be super helpful to start up folks.
This was a great idea, Rick. Thinking like an entrepreneur is a key to success as a VC.
We are pleased to be involved.
Posted by: MRM | November 17, 2006 at 08:41
Any thoughts about making the book available (for a fee)? How about with a video/audio of the event? How about with your speaker's notes?
Posted by: Andy Freeman | November 17, 2006 at 08:48
How about doing the same in Seattle?
Posted by: Marcelo Calbucci | November 17, 2006 at 10:18
I'd definitely come, if I had the time to fly to Toronto for the day.
Posted by: Matt | November 19, 2006 at 23:12