VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

Valuation 48

Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

interviewing critical hires at a time where they have 3 other offers. With angel money being “packaged” and aggregated into large bundles it makes it easier for angels to ask for rights it might not otherwise have. founder fighting. lack of traction, lack of downstream financing availability. strategic direction.

Syndicate 356

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Early Stage 356

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

China 324

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 324

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

between them, making the aggregate exit value of these acqui-hires 4.2x, which tells us that if the investors on average had a 24% stake they would have broken even on these deals. Whichever way you look at it the conclusion is the same – acqui-hire is not a great exit strategy for investors.

San Francisco 110

San Francisco Hiring Liquidation Preference Aggregator 110

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

The Next Web

JANUARY 14, 2014

It aligns his interest with the equity holders. Few startups are transparent when it comes to salaries, so it’s interesting to see at least some aggregate data about the salary landscape as a whole. The CEO’s salary sets a cap for everyone else. If it is set at a high level, you end up burning a whole lot more money.

Salary 167

Salary Silicon Valley San Francisco Founder 167

David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

Currently, these Crowdfunding sites don’t give donors any equity in the companies. They hired the Sustainable Economies Law Center to write to the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission 148

Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. View more presentations. Intermediaries.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2013

Last month, the 17-year-old sold Summly , his news-aggregation app, to Yahoo for a reported $30 million! That’s why so many entrepreneurs try to leverage equity. Sometimes startups need to hire real paid employees. Guest author Gary Whitehill is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Startup Weekend. Non-Monetary Incentives.

Curation 61

Curation Silicon Valley Startup Jordan 61

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 16, 2014

A well-drafted confidentiality agreement will also prohibit the potential buyer from hiring and/or soliciting the company’s employees. (I Big companies and private equity firms will sometimes execute an LOI with the seller in order to create, in effect, an “option” to buy. on a need-to-know basis. 1-2% of the purchase price).

Non-disclosure Agreement 101

Non-disclosure Agreement Acquisition New York City Non-Compete 101

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. This is a good thing. (I

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. And of course hedge funds and growth-equity funds can’t resist trying to get earlier-stage exposure again. Will public investments come next?

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Use this chapter to describe your current team and who you need to hire. Instead, they prefer to buy through large distribution companies that aggregate products from lots of suppliers and then make that inventory available to retailers to purchase. It lists the assets in your company, the liabilities, and your (the owner’s) equity.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. Angel investments are highly risky and I would estimate that over 90% provide no return to equity investors. Steve Bennet. 7.5 - 10.5%

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. Hiring was a challenge we found difficult throughout the life of our Company.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Marc Hedlund of Wesabe talked about this in his post-mortem stating: Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. We went through hundreds of thousands of resumes to hire those 1,900 people and we do so much to bring them in and to have to say goodbye to them, I'd say that was the hardest part. We didn't want people not having their equity. We got everyone to their next vest.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

There’s quite a range of information sources from curated reports to aggregated data. Imagine you could hire a consulting analyst. CB Insights regularly produces data-driven reports and analysis on venture capital, private equity, angel investment, mergers & acquisitions, IPOs and emerging high-growth industries.

Curation 167

Curation Vertical San Francisco Angel Investor 167

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2019

Each chosen obsession is very much in the spirit of my beloved principle of the aggregation of marginal gains. Does sponsoring a fashion show lead to an increase in brand equity? Hire an experienced statistician to be a part of your analytics team. Is a 15% coupon now better than 20% off the next purchase?

Analytics 88

Analytics Marketing Algorithm Campaign 88

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

John Warrillow: They sure are, and by the way, that’s a typical fishing letter used by either a private equity group or a business broker, as flattering as it can be, it probably doesn’t mean a whole lot.

Entrepreneur 49

Entrepreneur Switzerland Revenue Differentiation 49

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. In my neck of the woods programmers are hired guns at first year in college.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

By freeing up your time it really helps you focus on more important tasks and this can be things ranging from improving the product quality to hiring a great team to rewarding your people to thinking more holistically about customer experience or understanding your competition. I can hire a development team. That’s fantastic.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. So instead you hire your own representation to look after your own interest. I am a member of this group, and I have developed these perspectives over many years of watching from the inside and being equally gullible.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

find/hire freelancers. hire low-cost international engineering talent. VWorker -Â find/hire freelancers. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. aggregation. Argonaut Private Equity. Freelancer â??

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Hunter Walker

JUNE 21, 2017

Often what we recommend will be as basic as call your member of Congress, or donate to SwingLeft.org to raise money for the candidates who challenge Republican members of Congress, but in the aggregate it will add up. We view our first round of hiring as a huge success. So we all have to stay focused. We want to get into video.

San Francisco 57

San Francisco Maryland Silicon Valley Government 57