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APRIL 27, 2022

accessible US home equity as of Q1 2022. Home equity is usually the largest asset of the average U.S. increasing their debt load and taking on interest expense, either through home equity loans or reverse mortgages. Home equity is usually the largest asset of the average U.S. in 2022, and there is $9.9T

Equity 156

Equity Cofounder Acquisition Restful 156

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APRIL 30, 2015

What is it, and how should founders think about it? Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. So it makes it a lot more challenging when you have debt on the books that isn’t as longer term as equity.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

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MAY 19, 2015

At the seed stage, the founder’s or co-founders’ role in the company is essential and therefore carries a great deal of risk for missteps. Without a full corporate infrastructure of support, and more importantly, without extensive monetary resources, founders and employees must spend wisely. Taciturnity.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Liquidity Event Cofounder Startup 120

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MAY 16, 2019

Practically speaking this doesn’t mean that all of the shares owned by founders, investors, employees (RSUs), or others will be available to trade immediately as they will need to be converted and registered for public trading. So it’s reasonable to assume that were it a standalone company, “Microsoft Office Co.”

Lock-up Period 168

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 168

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Just yesterday, for instance, we saw a company raising a seed round that has no product and two founders … and we also saw a company raising a seed with hundreds of thousands of dollars of monthly revenue. technical co-founder). These tend to be cases where founders are proven. FWIW, that is not how we operate.).

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. On paper, VC portfolios perform well.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

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JULY 29, 2020

One of the most important things that VC’s take note of is the impression created by your choice of co-founders. I like to say that selecting a co-founder is the single most dilutive decision that a founding CEO can make, and so that decision can send all sorts of signals about a founder’s priorities, judgement and personality.

Cofounder 408

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Equity 408