Hunter Walker

AUGUST 24, 2014

When Google went public in August of 2004 one of the first things I did with my employee grants was sell enough to pay off my student loans. It’s for reasons like these that I support getting startup founders some liquidity during their company’s first few years, perhaps as early as Series A financing when appropriate.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. The day after receiving my degree, I was in my car driving across North America to start a job at a promising technology startup. Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4-

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Most people never get to launch a successful startup, much less six. Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 We do home equity funds without interest or monthly payments in exchange for sharing in the future upside/downside of home values. I’m the founder of Lime Inc.,

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Startup founders should expect that it will take seven or more years to exit their company. If I think back over the sixteen years I’ve been investing in startups the market for private company investing was tough from 2000-2004, from 2008-2011 and is getting tough again now.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence we designed 500 Startups with these evolutions in mind, altho none of the required strategies have been easy to execute and we are still refining our approach. Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I previously lived in Israel for 3 years and was CEO of an Israeli startup. & Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. Apply here.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds. The entire funding progression of startups pushed out to the right.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

SecondMarket’s effort in Israel will be led by Ranan Lachman (VP) , who was previously at Oppenheimer & Co, one of the largest underwriters for Israeli startups, where he was involved in fundraising and IPOing numerous Israeli private companies. SecondMarket was founded in New York in 2004 and has grown substantially since then.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You’re kind of amused when the Salesforce.com co-founder Parker Harris drives on stage in his best “Back to the Future” Doc costume and uses the shtick to announce the new Salesforce1 mobile platform. Founders should never forget where they came from, and how to contribute back when they make it big. And then you’re into it.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Reid Hoffman has just published the slide deck he used to raise LinkedIn’s Series B in 2004, along with explanatory notes about what he was trying to say with each slide and advice on pitching VCs. Startup general interest'

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The entire US economy was booming (in an unsustainable debt binge, in retrospect) from 2004 through much of 2008, and the tech world was booming along with it. the Sequoia’s and Greylock’s of the world) or sometimes its based on the entrepreneurial successes of the founders of new firms (e.g.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

This is true not just for startups, but for so many of the institutions that govern society. And this is true not just of startups, but of so many of the institutions that govern society. And what's your vision for what this new community of founders and leaders might build when we get to the new normal? Whether it's.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I was proud of my performance and our rocket ship trajectory, but internal politics and personalities led to a division between the owner, me and a third equity partner. Working directly with other CEOs and founders, I receive immediate feedback and appreciation for my expertise. In 18 months, we grew from $0 to $3M.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Do you think Red Sox fans would have rather had nicer guy than Manny Ramirez in 2004, or would they rather have had his 130 RBI? Just today at lunch someone told me how a certain person was a great marketer and that I should think about them as a potential founder to back. That's why people like working at startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Racial equity protests campaigned hard for change in how policing is done. Good luck getting me to move to any startup city in a state run by people who deny climate change, seek to thwart democracy through voter suppression, and that sees proper oversight of vital infrastructure as a financial burden too great to bother with.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Founded in 2015, revenue intelligence startup Gong is now valued at $7.25 It does this by building brand equity and aiding recall. When Facebook first launched in 2004, it was text-only. As FeverBee founder Richard Millington notes: “The secret to a thriving community is relevance. Image source.

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