genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends. December 2010. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. 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. Competitors: Knewton.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. That being said the following is available to the right candidate: • 3-5% equity in the company (based on experience). • $50,000/year salary once we obtain funding (target: January, 2010).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. This means you still need to have a resilient personality, and be agile.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

09/02/2010. I hesitate to use a quote from one of the greatest people ever to grace planet earth, and certainly the question of how to structure early stage investment is a laughable cause as compared to the rights that Ghandi (also a lawyer) fought to advance.  « Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) | Main.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

So, the question: load up with more equity and dilution? Adjusting these numbers to fit your circumstance, the conclusion is that waiting for higher value after sustained growth becomes more and more of a risk in the majority of early stage cases. Or sell now? What about those unicorns?

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. These are women in their 40s to early 60s, often shopping for younger women. Kristen is doing about $70,000 year-to-date, and expects to hit $200,000 for the 2010 fiscal year based on her holiday sales projections.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

During this discovery stage, entrepreneurs get to hone their business skills via training and support while typically no equity is taken from them. Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It’s always tempting for entrepreneurs to accept seed funding from friends and family in exchange for a promise to repay the money or issue the lender equity in your company when it is formed. 19) December 2010. (13) 13) November 2010. (18) 18) October 2010. (20) 20) September 2010. (20) 20) August 2010. (25)

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their investors, employees, mentors and customers. Female Founders!

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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).

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. Another option is sweat equity. Motivation to work for sweat equity is something else that founders tend to take for granted.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

As startups raised more capital and needed to compete for the best talent, they’ve been forced to give both real equity and pay market rates. This is going to be painful for those companies forced to operate businesses with cash balances like 2010 and cost structures like 2016. See Angel List’s breakout here for current rates.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

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 [.]

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Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g. " Well, there are basically three ways you can link pay to performance (in startups): Discretionary (i.e.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

As a result, most people in Malaysia are not familiar with stock options or equity participation. Part 1 How To Evaluate Early-Stage Web 2.0 Nor does it have the equivalent of a successful tech-based exchange like the Nasdaq. Malaysia tried but there simply wasn’t enough liquidity, or institutional demand.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

The party rounds , which were the range in late 2010 and early 2011, became less common and we started to see the smaller funds begin to lead rounds. Taken together, it means an early stage company needs to survive longer, with higher expenses. And the hiring costs are higher.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? Should I take Angel or VC money?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” ” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. It’s very simple.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

In October 2010, our new textbook will become available. Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. In recent years, many universities have followed, teaching venture capital as an elective course.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2012

The seemingly good news from the NVCA was that the amount of venture capital funding grew 22% from 2010 to 2011. In fact, the NVCA's numbers showed that in 2011, venture capital investments in seed companies or startups declined 48% versus 2010. Are you willing to give up equity in your business? Down forty-eight percent.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? Convertible equity? As of August 2010, Paul Graham famously proclaimed , “Convertible notes have won. Convertible debt is a venerable instrument, originally created to “bridge” a later-stage startup from one VC round to the next quickly and easily.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

TechStars – the Denver/NY based incubator in collaboration with Cooley, LLP , offers an equity financing structure and a debt one, drawing on its experience funding hundreds of startups. Marc Andreessen and Fenwick West - created “Series Seed” in 2010. A simple set of investment documents for early stage investment.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. ► 2010. (7). I immediately jumped up and called "b t". Not exactly extensive diligence.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

During this discovery stage, entrepreneurs get to hone their business skills via training and support while typically no equity is taken from them. Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? This ties into this Paul Graham article: [link] /equity. is lowered.

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