Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. So why the ’09 bounce?

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.] startupcto

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Altgate

MAY 24, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg and his executive team have been extremely successful at retaining equity in their company. On the other hand, they are also understandably greedy about maintaining a high equity stake, by minimizing their dilution. Noam Wasserman and myself. But how well do most other founders do? As shown in Figure 9.5

Pre-Money Valuation 43

Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder Dilution Valuation 43

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

That was written in September 2008. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. In the case of startups the “buyer” is the VC looking to part cash for “purchasing” equity in your startup. Even Sequoia.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008. The theme of the event was angel investment trends for 2008. There needs to be enough equity to go around for founders, early investors, later investors, and employees. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ▼ 2008. (14).

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2008. (14). So what does this all mean. ► January. (1).

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28