Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). New money from professional investors sees no value in old money, so the equity of early investors is “crammed down” and often lost in the scale-up surge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). New money from professional investors sees no value in old money, so the equity of early investors is “crammed down” and often lost in the scale-up surge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). New money from professional investors sees lesser value in old money, so the equity of early investors is “crammed down” and often lost in the scale-up surge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). New money from professional investors sees lesser value in old money, so the equity of early investors is “crammed down” and often lost in the scale-up surge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). New money from professional investors sees lesser value in old money, so the equity of early investors is “crammed down” and often lost in the scale-up surge.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

This can happen either because the founder can bootstrap the company with her own resources to get further, or because the company and team is so compelling that a large fund can lead a series A out of the gates. Getting Crammed Down. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. And they hire very aggressive securities attorneys to represent their interests.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112