2005 Equity Events Finance 
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.
mashable.com
MAY 5, 2011
“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. What I wonder is who will shape events and things in the end? The work is done by the Angel’s company as well as the mentoring.
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Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Btw, the definition of each startup financing stage has changed in the last decade. What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. Step 3: The Series A – you raise $5-$10M. Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M. Step 5: Series, C, D…. And what used to be a seed round a decade ago is now a pre-seed round.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. We also have a great panel coming up next Thursday night, Jan.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). Or worse yet they may never get financed. And well they should be. And so on down then line. Have a cushion.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
It was many events that led to the crash but perhaps this was the pin that pricked the market. Finance where needed. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. And the equity in their house isn’t rising. It was September 2008. The market had tanked. Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy.
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.
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