Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. 10 percent, not to exceed $100,000, of annual income or net worth of an investor, if either the investor’s annual income or net worth is equal to or greater than $100,000.

SEC 58

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M. Step 5: Series, C, D…. Btw, the definition of each startup financing stage has changed in the last decade.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. During a 25-year span of time until 2005, their final report noted, nearly all net job growth in the U.S. That is a short-lived strategy, and a wrong-headed strategy."

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IPO SEC Silicon Valley Startup 118

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. Venture Capital Funds VC firms are like seed firms in that theyre actual companies, butthey invest other peoples money, and much larger amounts of it.VC Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Now let me clarify — NET is a dandy language. ” Don’t get me wrong: NET on your resume isn’t an instant showstopper. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. And at the time,NET was the best choice for those problems.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Altgate

MARCH 16, 2009

 So for the past few weeks I've been talking to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, CEOs and other industry participants in these countries and learning a ton about the local startup ecosystems. .  And it's not always clear whether it is gross or net of taxes (you have to ask). Bookmark the permalink.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Unsurprisingly a whole generation of first time stock traders became jaded about not just Internet stocks but the entire public stock market system as many people lost a large portion of their net worth. So Where Do I Personally Net Out? Trust doesn’t come back easily, which is why the role of regulation is so important.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In fact, a coronavirus caused a shutdown as recently as 2005. I mean, I think that one thing that frustrates me as someone who's been in venture capital, in the private sector world is sometimes business people have a view that they have all the answers, and the government's filled with stupid people.

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