Cofounder Distribution Early Stage Valuation 
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a cofounder or two. Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Each cofounder should get equity for value, based on these key variables: Lived a key role in a previous startup.
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company.
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David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 30, 2018
I thought I’d write a post about how to talk about valuation at a startup and give you some sense of what might be on the mind of the person considering funding you. It’s not uncommon for a VC to ask you how much capital you’ve raised and what the post-money valuation was on your last round.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As an early-stage VC I love this phase. Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Time will tell. Employees: 20.
Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2017
Early stage idea validation can be accomplished without building an application. Then, about two weeks before launch, I distributed a survey to those 256 partners. In other words, if the proposed solution has no proof of adoption, neither the customer, founder, co-founders or investors will benefit from the venture.
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