Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Employees: 20.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale. (from my guest column in the Miami Herald ).

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Author howerl.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New business applications are the highest since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. You will find valuable connections in the most surprising places – for example, my first referral came from a co-worker I had not seen in 5 years. by LJ Suzuki, CFOShare.org. Is it crazy to start a business during the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Startup SEO 259

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Two more entrepreneurial ventures later, Gleb cofounded online backup provider Backblaze to help consumers affordably, automatically, and safely back up their data. What are the pros and cons of starting a business alone versus with cofounders? How many founders are too many? One” – You have to have a cofounder.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers have kept interest rates at near zero, flooding the market with cheap money in an attempt to restart growth. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 326

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. He started enjoying success in 2008 when Inc. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Guss is 28 years old and he is the co-founder of Octane Lending. In 2014, the company raised $28 million in shareholder equity.

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 144

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

It is the first senior appointment to Chargify’s C-suite level team since it was first announced in April 2021 that Battery Ventures led a combined majority growth-equity investment of more than $150 million in Chargify and SaaSOptics.

Revenue 72

Revenue Georgia Texas Colorado 72

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was there that I met Eric Simone (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice) as well as Josh Baer (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice through his team building our first solution and getting paid primarily in equity versus cash). Still in business today and run by my co-founder. 2008 Harvard Business Review.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This is why it was so great to hear from Indiegogo co-founder Slava Rubin on how Indiegogo grew by 1) expanding into different verticals and 2) expanding into different products. Film was Indiegogo’s first campaign category when the platform launched in 2008. Here are some of the main takeaways from Slava’s talk.

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San Francisco Vertical Equity Cofounder 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

For reference, First Round Capital and Softech were founded in 2004 (although they were less institutional early on), Floodgate in 2006, Harrison Metal in 2008, etc. So, between 2008 and 2013, the early-stage landscape looked more like the middle segment of the chart. technical co-founder). Tweet this.).

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Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

The Next Web

JANUARY 28, 2014

We are a community that is always in beta, that’s how you get things done,” says Kalu Yala’s founder Jimmy Stice. Tactivate founder Jesse Levin brought guests on private helicopter rides on the last day of the event.). Stice purchased the land in 2008, and accepted his last investment check in 2010.

Panama 166

Panama Cofounder Startup America 166

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 5, 2020

Occurrences such as the global financial crisis of 2008 and COVID-19 outbreak both fall into this category. Mark Woodbury is Co-Founder and CEO of Minerva Equity , a lower mid-market private equity company that makes majority investments in US based businesses that generate $1M – $5M in annual profit.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity CPA Equity Reputation 52

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 Everyone thought I was crazy.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Surphace is a reincarnation of Sphere, a startup founded by Martin Remy and Steve Nieker in 2006 as a related content plugin and was later acquired by AOL in April 2008 for a rumored sum of $25 million. Co-founder Tony Conrad left AOL in 2009 , but has since come back as part of the About.me acquisition late last year.

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Widget Acquisition Europe Cofounder 100

The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

asks Bruna Martinuzzi, president and founder of Clarion Enterprises. million valuation ($150,000 for 10 percent equity) in 2008. We quickly realized that as first time founders, this was probably our only way to raise any money : By focusing everything on the traction slide,” he said in OnStartups.

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Silicon Valley Startup Maryland Angel Investor 64

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. I looked up the funding details on Crunchbase and noticed that they closed a big round in March 2008 (e.g. It is 2010. The list goes on.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Pre-Money Valuation 289

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 by February 2006).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. This is typically done with a small piece of equity. We have been lucky enough to have formed strong relationships with family friends and past co-workers, to have a very informal Board of Advisors on hand. There’s no surprise there. Expectations.

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Advisory Board Startup Cofounder Equity 40

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

www.copelandfirm.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Home About Fee Arrangements Location Referrals Testimonials Business Law HUB Certification Mergers & Acquisitions Startup Advice Intellectual Property Copyrights Trademarks Securities Law Debt and Bridge Financing Series A Startup Law Entity Formation Corporation LLC Series LLC RSS Founders Shares: How do you split them up?

Intellectual Property 40

Intellectual Property Founder Vesting Bridge Financing 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? You got it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. 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.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2017

But back in 2008, it was a startup that was having problems generating interest. Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky, founders of Airbnb, were struggling to generate revenue from their promising online traffic. See Also: Should You Offer Equity Compensation to Employees? They aren’t acting accountable. Creative leadership ability.

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Employee Hiring Cofounder Startup 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

A few years ago, it was Private Equity, then Real Estate, then Hedge Funds. His name is Jason Jacobs – he’s the founder of Runkeeper (a mobile fitness system with over 6M downloads, funded by the excellent folks at OATV ). But being an entrepreneur is in vogue and has been for a while.

Founder 59

Founder Private Equity Syndicate Syndication 59

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, October 30, 2008 John Doerrs 10 lean startup tips I just saw video of John Doerrs talk yesterday at VentureBeat’s “How to manage your start-up in the downturn&# roundtable event. Offer equity instead of cash. The tips are based on advice JD solicited from great KPCB entrepreneurs.

Lean 121

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 121

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

We also reached out to companies that make products useful to accelerating your Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, from cloud-hosted Selenium provider Sauce Labs (disclaimer: where I have equity) to ScrumPad (where I dont) and many in-between (a sampling is below, but you should really jus t click through to see the whole smorgasbord).

Lean 153

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 153

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Let's recap. " Sponsor.

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

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.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history. 2008) [iv].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52