Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. Of course, not every equity compensation story is a David Choe Story. If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. We’ll be happy to help.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Member since 01/2005. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. As the article points out, this approach was common during the 90s Interent boom. I am very picky about the companies I am willing to take equity from.
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Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. I don’t think we could have built a business as ambitious as data.world without VC and angel backing, and we’ve raised $45.3m
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. In that article I linked to I outline the difference between gross margin & net margin.
Growthink Blog
JANUARY 19, 2014
In 2005, GoDaddy.com became the world’s largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the internet. In 2011, 65% of the company was sold to a group of private equity firms for approximately $2.25 Take the time to review your business model using the concepts in this article. That changed in 2001, however, and GoDaddy.com quickly grew.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
The BDS series tracks the annual number of new businesses (startups and new locations) from 1977 to 2005, and defines startups as firms younger than one year old. The study reveals that, both on average and for all but seven years between 1977 and 2005, existing firms are net job destroyers, losing 1 million jobs net combined per year.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Trilegiant Corporation , (who is owned by Avis Budget Group (yes, that Avis & Budget), in turn owned by the private equity group Apollo Management ) does business as PrivacyGuard and has engaged in the most unethical of business practices I have come across in years. Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005.
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