David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. . Flexible VC: Compensation-based.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Many busy new venture owners believe they have heard it all before, so they tune out of conversations, or revert to multi-tasking, thus diluting their leadership. Practice active listening and full attention to those present. People will follow you and keep you updated, if they sense your gratitude and appreciation for their efforts.

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Leadership Dilution Metrics Demand 244

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

People need coaching to weather setbacks and surprises which can dilute their confidence, and take away their ability to experience their full potential. Coaching is not casual conversation, or for off-the-cuff comments. Good coaches prepare for each session and follow up.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand. If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely. Stock option grants dilute your ownership in the company.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 7, 2017

Employee options pools, typically created at the point of financings, shouldn’t be treated as haggling over dilution, but rather a strategic resource that will help founders build the best team and, by extension, a more valuable company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

If a VC prices a flat or down round it means that management teams are often taking too much dilution. How you talk about valuation will of course depend on how well your business is performing and how much demand you have from other investors. But there is also another very rational reason.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

The conversion rate is down 30% at launch. They dilute the analysis with non-facts. Invest in self-learning every week – even couple hours a week – to ensure you can keep pace with the demands for sophisticated analysis which will be expected at an agile pace. You might think it would be the Attacker.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

. ·       Conversion provisions allowing preferred to convert to common if they choose or upon the closing of an IPO at a specified price.   A full ratchet anti-dilution clause is very unfriendly to entrepreneurs; it requires them to make up the entire difference in price from their own holdings.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Whether it improves the quality of an existing page (and, therefore, rankings for keywords you’re already addressing) or justifies new page creation (to rank for new keywords), there has to be demand. No conversation in SEO can exclude user intent. on Twitter or Facebook can lead to interesting conversations.

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Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

In Parts II and III, we looked at commonly used mandatory and voluntary conversion language in convertible notes. Investors would be repaid their principal, plus accrued interest, divided by the conversion price (let’s say 30% discount, so 1 – 0.3 = 0.7). a) payable upon demand as of the closing of such transaction; or. (b)

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Finance Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet Liquidity Event 79

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In a standard VC term sheet there is a standard term called an “anti dilution provision” and they are in nearly 100% of deals. It has nowhere near the same dilutive effects as a full ratchet except in extreme edge cases. But my $500k, while only buying 10% of the company (and now diluted down to 7.5% ” 2.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 27, 2011

There are, however, certain formal procedural requirements that the stockholder must comply with, including making a written demand upon the corporation, “under oath” and stating a “proper purpose.” The board can either accept or reject the demand. Moreover, there are certain tricky evidentiary issues.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. Thus, it’s in everyone’s best interest to see the startup raise more capital rather than declaring default and demanding repayment. First, a word about the maturity date.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

So I generally feel right at home in these conversations. The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. Gatekeepers are overloaded.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2012

that caters to a demanding New York clientele. When you work for everyone, it dilutes your brand. When you’re the one with the thought-provoking, engaging questions in the conversation — be it with a brand new prospect or a longtime client — you immediately move yourself up a notch and gain control of the discussion.

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Startup Company Lawyer

JANUARY 11, 2010

As I have written previously , I think that convertible notes with even large conversion price discounts (e.g. For example, typical provisions in a company-friendly pre-Series A convertible bridge note financing may include a 20% conversion discount from the Series A price and a 2x return on a sale of company. a price cap).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. – Protection against dilution when adding partners. VC and private equity are very illiquid on both the investing and the personnel side. So assessing fit is critical.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Using offbeat humor and a conversational voice, we play with language to bring joy to their work. Use your marketing strategy to ensure campaigns never dilute your brand perception. Instead, the company uses Twitter to share news and engage in direct conversations. Brand consistency is evident in every successful company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 23, 2015

This will dilute your ROI and hurt results. This means they’ve taken and passed a series of demanding tests from Google to prove their know-how. Make sure your PPC contractor is using some combination of modified broad match, exact match and phrase match only. 4: Confirm They’re Adding Negative Keywords. . #6:

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

If we’ve got an oversupply of demand, is this the round your firm usually starts stepping back from pro rata?”. I’ll give you an example of a conversation I had with a current portfolio company just this week. If you had opportunity to buy up, would you want to? Because it’s better for the company overall IMO. Long term greedy!!!!

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ConversionXL

MAY 20, 2016

Similar to the Snappa example, another great way to increase your trial-to-customer conversion rates is to send targeted emails based on how often your subscribers use your product. Prior to segmenting their email list, Groove was experiencing low trial-to-customer conversion rates. This was enough demand to validate his online course.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

At the end of the conversation, ask them if they’d be willing to make an introduction. 1 page website w/ simple checkout, then add things as you feel it’ll help increase conversions. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. Intro in order of value (higher at the top).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

The founder wanted to take the offer, but he called his advisor (his business school professor) who told him it was too much dilution for this stage, so he turned it down. The founders clearly believed in the upside of the company and that is why they were willing to take a lower valuation but wanted minimal dilution.

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ConversionXL

MAY 5, 2016

That principle, scarcity, is incredibly powerful in marketing, persuasion and conversion optimization (when done right). This makes sense in a traditional economic way, where less supply and more demand drives up prices. What Is Scarcity? It also makes sense on an intuitive level. Image Source. 18 Scarcity Examples That Work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If your brand tries to be too many things at once, the message becomes scattered and the brand grows diluted. Make your feedback process a conversation so that your customers know that their input is valued. No matter what method you use, make sure that you’re engaging with your customers in a conversation. User personas.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

1 vote by Elad Gil It's a risk/reward, supply/demand power equilibrium. Unless you are a VC with preferred shares and anti-dilution protection and board control your equity in the company is worthless. Update Link to Questions, Topics and People Add Find Questions, Topics or People Comment Joshua Seims , ?_? I'm always su.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Once you know your goal, there are two approaches to take to a social media strategy: meeting demand and generating demand: Meeting demand tries to discover what’s out there already and respond to it to stay relevant to the target market. It’s about injecting yourself into the conversation. It’s also easier to measure.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Notably, it includes an interactive, multi-variable line chart: In this example, a steep rise followed by an immediate dip in cost per conversion highlights a point of further investigation that wouldn’t immediately leap out if data was presented as numbers in a spreadsheet. Larger circles equal more conversions in a particular location.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Second, by better matching supply and demand, direct listings have generally mitigated the magnitude of IPO Pops, thus engendering better overall price discovery. Among the findings are: SPAC dilution amounts to roughly 50% of the cash ultimately delivered to the companies brought public. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1%

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