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Ask HN: When you raised money, did you use an offering memo?

We are about to raise $1.5 M in the US from a set of people who are not business angels.Our lawyer is telling us that for that amount we do not need a complete offering memorandum, but that we still need to have him draft a legal document explaining the risks involved in the investment. It seems legitimate but I've never heard of such a thing.The cost of preparing this document is around $5k,...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for a Financial Projection doc Template on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @09:46AM (#1983048)
BTW - you can email me at: lucite@ gmail

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Ask HN: Looking for a Financial Projection doc Template

Howdy,Our startup is in the process of raising money. We've put together the financials to present to investors, but since none of us are truly experienced with these types of docs, I suspect it may not be adequate.Anyone have a financial projections document template (preferably Excel) that they have presented to investors and are willing to share (no need for the actual data). The issue with...

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I may be wrong, but my gut feeling, for a variety of reasons - is that I need someone with more experience. What yo suggest would be fine if I just needed a good developer. But I'm going to try...
Believe me, I've tried. But no one in my network has both skills: capable of developing a complex website AND capable of being a founding partner.

Ask YC: How would you go about finding your other founder (in France)?

(This question is of general interest, but responses specific to France will be of particular interest to me.)Imagine you have a promising idea for a web service, solid funding and a ripe market; but you lack the developing team to build the site. You don't need "rock star" developers, but you do need some very good ones since the code will require solid logic and the capacity to scale well....

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