David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Alternative Capital. “ ARR of $500K+.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? They’re well aware of the conventional VC bias against funding companies which externally develop their technology, but they do have relevant skills.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. Therefore, going down the fundraising path is something many technology entrepreneurs will need to do and a critical step in the development of their business.

Cap Table 125

Cap Table Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Technical Review 125

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

You don’t need to collect the full set (tech, industry, product, customer, etc). If the founding team is non-technical and you can’t figure out whether you are being screwed by your developers or whether your potential new CTO is amazing, a tech advisor can help by joining you in interviews and reviewing commits.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review CTO Hire Cap Table Software Review 38

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. The most serious unintended consequence occurs from “note waterfalls”— converting multiple notes that have multiple valuation caps. Many entrepreneurs lose track of what they have been cooking up in the cap table.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Most tech start-ups fail.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs. A Significant – and Growing – Problem. Anticipating and Avoiding the Dead-Equity Pitfalls.

Equity 44

Equity Vesting Cap Table Technical Review 44

venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ).

Cofounder 101

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 101

adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

If youre highly technical and drive the technology vision of the company, people will get it without you tacking on the CTO title. Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. This means there MUST be a technical founder in a startup.

Technical Review 41

Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup 41

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. The company's market cap at the time of their entry into the public markets topped $100 billion dollars. I don't see any big tech companies that have great cultures that are doing fully remote. But I couldn't get it out of my head.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Altgate

AUGUST 25, 2012

Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs. A Significant – and Growing – Problem. Anticipating and Avoiding the Dead-Equity Pitfalls.

Equity 28

Equity Vesting Cap Table Technical Review 28

www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. Therefore, going down the fundraising path is something many technology entrepreneurs will need to do and is a critical step in the development of their business.

Cap Table 47

Cap Table Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Technical Review 47

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

That way, startups only have one entity in the cap table, which simplifies documentation and structure. First Hands-On With The Incident Tech GTar. HTC One Review. Also on AOL Tech. More on Engadget , TUAW , Joystiq , HuffPost Tech. Google Crashes Facebook Home's Easy. Powered by Personforce.

SEC 61

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Then you can gradually transformyourself from a consulting company into a product company, and haveyour clients pay your development expenses.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I recently left my job as a technical consulting manager and joined my best friends and my fiancé, Kyle, at Keen.io (I wrote about that here ). This time, I was looking more closely at Keen’s cap table and various financial events, like raising Series A, becoming profitable, and company acquisition. Follow @michellewetzler.

Salary 50

Salary Equity Startup San Francisco 50

venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

YC acts like a super advisor, not an investor—and YC makes their companies happen by helping develop the company’s product, introducing them to investors, and branding their companies. Read some fun reviews of this site. All our products Pitching Hacks , Cap Table , and Co-founder Interview. Learn more. Buy it here.

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Advisory Board Cap Table Vesting Equity 44