VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. What is a founder to do? Tougher times might be coming ahead.
SoCal CTO
JULY 13, 2010
One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. Pivoting - Chris Dixon , June 14, 2010 My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far? Now I have.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. We talked about Liquidation Preference, Voting Rights, and all of the other valuable terms crowd-funding investors don’t understand. Neither does Clayton.
David Teten
AUGUST 21, 2019
Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. But should they? Optionality.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Many founders don’t understand why inside rounds are so difficult. Also, new investors will be worried that the down round will cause founders or senior management to depart and no VC wants to replace management. Because we know in tough times we have to count on our co-investors to be good actors.
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