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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

Either would be fine with startups, so long as they can easily change their valuation. When I was raising money in late 1999 I had an investment team in Germany (I was in the UK) suggest that they should get a lower valuation than others because they were ex McKinsey guys and had better access to industry. I chuckled.

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Venture Deals 4e German Edition

Feld Thoughts

have become the international standard and are a great role model for Germany. Corporate law: In Germany, most companies in general and most VC-financed companies are structured in the legal form of a “Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung” (GmbH). KG companies exist in Germany. In addition, many GmbH & Co.

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Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers

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M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. We hired people to run the UK and Germany.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

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I believe the massive valuation increases in cryptocurrencies we’ve witnessed of late are not based on any fundamentals other than speculation and a drive for a quick profit by many who have gained from the market hype. Why would pouring hundreds of millions into even earlier stage startups with even less or no oversight be a good idea?