www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Surly, Silicon Valley wasn’t in a bubble. equity in the company. Sounds like you pivoted from your original business model. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Skip to primary content.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Silicon Valley Frontlines. Two Tales of "Working For Equity". Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. Pepperdine Business Press Room – Graziadio School PR [.] A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79