Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. After a record low of 39 U.S. Loss of control.

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Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

DoubleVerify recently grabbed headlines for its latest funding round of $33 million led by JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), based on a $200 million valuation. DoubleVerify was founded in 2008 and has raised $47 million to date.

Silicon Valley 87

Silicon Valley Valuation Equity Advertising 87

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? How much equity should I grant to early employees? No loss of equity, at least until they convert at Series A.

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Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. Tampa Bay community and make a difference in people’s lives. Everyone thought I was crazy.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) was spun out, and the valuation was set by that financing round.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network. For example, a classic example of the conflicting interests of management and investors, which an independent board member can help mediate, is the approval of equity grants to management and employees.

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Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. This is unintentional and inevitable. Short answer: no. They also avoid Reg D.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. The theme of the event was angel investment trends for 2008. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Last up, Alvin Yuen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pitched Techsailor , a services company that provides online community engagement to major brands. We're here to supplement your efforts and provide a base level of entrepreneurship education to a large number of entrepreneurs in your communities in a scalable manner through a virtual program.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. ► 2008. (14). ► May. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The idea at the center of his real estate revolution is “shared equity,” a concept he devised after years of research and international travel. I focused much more intently on this aspect when financial markets melted down in 2008 and 2009. The buyer shares in the equity growth in the home from the price appreciation.

North America 119

North America Equity America Singapore 119

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. 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.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

42:07) On how the 2008 financial crisis prepared banks for the pandemic. (44:25) And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. So, I don't know, I think there will be lots of inquiries just like there were in 2008 and 2009.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

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. The scene is the siren song of the innovation community. Finance, IT, Legal). In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. It takes a lot of work to build a community. We knew that from the jump.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

For a splash page used during Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008, staff tested all possible combinations of four buttons and six different media (three images and three videos). Barclays Bank uses video to make their customer and the community it serves the star of the story. This post contains video, click to play].

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Customer Audience Campaign Social Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. Investor acceptance is on a case-by-case basis and they have kicked people out of the community. We talk about all of this in the video.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D. Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. The rest of the services are for paying members only.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The steel giant, which also invests in R&D through its privately held Postech university, considered one of Asia’s best technological institutes, first came to Israel in 2008 through the Korea-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (KORIL). billion, of which $2.5 billion net profit. .

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve identified a wide range of organizations who are working on bridging the economic, cultural, and political gap between Israel, the Arab community, and the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”) through technology. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Apply here.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Then in 2008, he had a revelation from his experience on the Penn endowment board about how to democratize investing advice and “accidentally” founded a new company to do it. So the venture industry outsourced that market risk to the angel community. We can do all of that so you never have to worry about your finances again.

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Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 10, 2016

What he also did, unlike Giuliani, was advocate civilian review boards and neighborhood policing where cops worked together with their communities as partners. I didn't understand the plague that widespread incarceration for drug offenses would bring disproportionately upon communities of color. I also didn't know what I had.

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Kuwait Community New York City Technical Review 60