venturehacks.com
MARCH 21, 2008
The company is acquired, recapitalized, or otherwise restructured and the advisors are no longer useful or desired. Reply # Anonymous · Nov 22, 2009 It’s obnoxious when you’re JUST making an introduction of someone to an investor to ask for a cut of that. Should I give advisory shares to my investors?
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. When this period was fresh, in Sept 2009, I wrote a very detailed assessment of what I thought had just happened.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
March 2009 (This essay is derived from a talk at AngelConf.) The reason you dont want to give them up is the following scenario.The VCs recapitalize the company, meaning they give it additionalfunding at a pre-money valuation of zero. When we sold our startup in 1998 I thought one day Id do some angelinvesting.
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