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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level.

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What is an employee retention or M&A carveout plan?

Startup Company Lawyer

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. This was particularly common from 2001 to 2003, after the dot-com crash when companies had raised a large amount of venture financing at high valuations.