Robert TerenziThe Promised Land: How Latin America’s Trends Foretell a Tech RevolutionWhile the term Latin America is a far too tidy to encompass the multi-cultural, economically diverse, politically divergent, sprawling land…Jul 19, 2022Jul 19, 2022
Robert TerenziIt Takes a Village: Investors as Team MembersI was participating in an incubator program a few years ago with ten or twelve other start ups. We had a session on “team”. Who is on your…Jul 18, 2022Jul 18, 2022
Robert TerenziDiscussing the “Big Issue”: How to Run a Board MeetingFor our first few years as a company, our board meetings were pretty informal and loose. It was basically just the three cofounders and our…Jun 20, 2022Jun 20, 2022
Robert TerenziWhat do Lawyers Do? Explaining the Role of Attorneys in an Early Stage Venture FinancingThe process of closing a venture capital investment in an early stage company is an exercise in negotiating control. When friends ask me…Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022
Robert TerenziA Little Steak on the Side: The Troubling Importance of Side LettersOne of the best developments in start up financing to occur since I initially left WSGR is the market movement towards form documents. With…Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022
Robert TerenziinStartup StashSAFEly Solving a Valuation GapWe had been courting a particular fund as a potential investor for months and months. They visited our facilities in Nicaragua and…May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
