Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

Too add, by implementing Profit First, within the first two weeks of starting the business, the company took their first distribution check! As founder and CTO of several businesses, I love to see ideas become reality and build sustainable businesses that create real value. Welcome to Episode 106 of the Profit First Podcast!

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

In Gates and Ellison’s minds, the corporations who owned the Information Super Highway would tax every transaction by charging a “vigorish” as Microsoft’s then Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold referred to it at the time. It’s difficult to overstate the momentum that the proprietary Information Super Highway carried.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Toshiba Laptops. We get notebooks. Get ahead.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. I had heard that all great companies built their applications on Oracle.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices.

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