Burn Rate Employee Liquidation Preference Revenue 
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Some will demonstrate strategically justifiable metrics and have fantastic ‘up round’ exits; others may see liquidation preferences kick in which will negatively impact founders and employees; others may fulfill the adage “IPO is the new down round” , which has been the case for more than half of the public companies on our list.
dondodge.typepad.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I grant to early employees? Founders usually end up with 10% to 20%, all the other employees end up with about 15%, and the VCs end up with about 60% to 75%. 5% Managers -.25%
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abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
As a result, a “late-stage” financing is no longer reserved for high-revenue, pre-profitability companies getting ready for an IPO; it is simply any large round of financing done at a high price. You must subtract it from your top-line revenue. You should not pay a net revenue multiple for a gross revenue disclosure.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Smart phones finally took off leading to enormous wealth creation for Apple employees and investors but also helped propel Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and others.
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