Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. And as everyone’s attention starts to focus on those same indicators, their value is being diluted. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Is that a lot?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

[Email readers, continue here…] For young companies, often the question is whether to suffer a new round of dilution to stimulate growth, or to sell earlier and not share the (presumably) increased proceeds with additional investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. Who are your competitors – how much do they charge?&#.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The sharks greeted this with skepticism, and rightfully so, especially given the short time the company has been in business and the relatively low sales volume. The founders focused too much on dilution and on Barbara’s clever ideas on a dimension (marketing) that was not critical to the business. In 2010 they did $10k in profits.

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ConversionXL

JULY 22, 2021

Understand and maintain them and your website can rank prominently, drive traffic, and help boost sales. Identifying and merging content targeting the same or similar keywords; Removing duplicate content that dilutes importance, and; Improving metadata so that users see what they’re looking for in search engine results pages (SERPs).

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 14, 2013

When not at CrossFit, Steph tests content at Work Design Magazine, which she co-launched in 2010. It would be a blanket approach and, ultimately as you suggested, dilute the messaging and demonstrate a lack of focus. We''ve got a new batch on sale today, so register now for the best price.'

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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

and then further dilute for advisors (0.5% – 1% – 2%) and early employees (5 – 15% *if* they are foregoing major chunks of salary). link] davidcrow Yeppers, I did forget to mention that this was after a Series A raise, and it doesn't talk about dilution in future rounds. 50 – 50, 60 – 40, etc.)

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

The founders’ interest is to maximize the valuation of the company at the time of a follow-on financing, thereby minimizing founder dilution. With some of the recent high cap notes that we have seen in 2010 and 2011, I predict that the mis-alignment of incentives will still be an issue in cases where those caps don’t kick in.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

I assume both cofounders will be diluted equally as more employees and investors get involved. Domain specific experience within the target market are helpful as are more broad experiences in sales, marketing, product development, or business development (probably on the order of 5+ years outside of undergrad, grad, or MBA school). [4]

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. Don’t skimp on fundraising because of dilution fears.?. Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 Posted at 12:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0) | Reblog (1) 05/24/2010 Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) price based anti-dilution). Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”

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Startup Company Lawyer

JANUARY 9, 2011

I started writing this post in September 2010, but only got around to finishing it.). Paul Graham has sparked some discussion on the topic in August 2010 when he tweeted “Convertible notes have won. However, many seed equity financings don’t provide for anti-dilution protection, as the valuations are low to begin with.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

So you met me in 2010. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment. That probably saved a huge amount of dilution, rather than doing a down round at between $15 billion to $18 billion. BC: Yeah, Reid, well first of all, thank you for having me on.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

So you met me in 2010. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment. That probably saved a huge amount of dilution, rather than doing a down round at between $15 billion to $18 billion. BC: Yeah, Reid, well first of all, thank you for having me on.

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