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). That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Tie payments to your product or service revenue.

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Management Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 308

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). That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Tie payments to your product or service revenue.

Cram Down 148

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 148

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). That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Tie payments to your product or service revenue.

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Founder Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 254

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). That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Tie payments to your product or service revenue.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 120

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. With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

"  The problem has been that too-high valuations and too generous terms have spawned painful down rounds that squash the entrepreneur and his early investors.    New money, usually VC money, comes in and crams down those early investors and takes substantial shares from the entrepreneur. 

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Milwaukee Bootstrapping Cram Down Deal Structure 60