Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Every entrepreneur needs to understand the following basics, to be addressed at company formation, as they engage a qualified attorney to draw up the paperwork: Allocate founder’s stock commensurate with commitment. This is the purpose of a vesting schedule, which issues allocated stock over time.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 10, 2018
Over the past 20 years in San Francisco I went from negative net-worth grad student to Silicon Valley “Middle Class” (the 2%) to running a venture fund that, if we do our job, will ultimately put me in the 1% or better (in California the average annual household income of the 1% is an astounding $1.4m+).
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com. The Founder & CEO of Ad.ly Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. Remember, Twitter is as much of a data pipe as it is a website.
OnlyOnce
APRIL 27, 2021
The conversation with your co-founder about only one founder/executive on the board. You already have 100% of the mindshare and ambassadorship your co-founder has to offer. This one will be the most personally difficult, since you likely have a strong personal bond. and “How come my vote doesn’t count?”
Eric Friedman
JANUARY 23, 2022
Running accelerator programs, investing in startups, and working directly with founders is exactly what I want to be doing with my time. The best part is that I have had countless follow up conversations and DMs getting to know founders. I love to look at founder calendars to calibrate how important hiring is to them.
blog.simeonov.com
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Simeon, can you tell us how you structure ownership and control so you can fire your co-founders if necessary? The first part will dispel some myths, address the lifecycle of founder agreements and the key compensation and control parameters in them. Let’s start by dispelling some myths: There is a standard founder agreement.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2018
Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. VCs (and LPs) have a vested interest in having more data, whether they want to invest in your company / firm or not.
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