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The Acquihire Market for Early Stage Startups is Ice Cold. One Better Strategy? Announce You’re For Sale.

Hunter Walker

The proverbial win-win-win: founders got to land their company often with some retention premium; employees got job offers; and we got capital back, that even if it wasn’t a power law return, allowed us to recycle into new investments or the existing portfolio. of the time my answer is no f **g way].

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. 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. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.