Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. Hackers’ Guide to Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Venture Capital 335

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? This ties into this Paul Graham article: [link] /equity. This answer.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Notable Aspects of Their Business: 1) Kayak’s an Ad Business More Than a Lead Gen Business : To some this may be semantics more than anything. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Revenue Per Query: $269 RPM (revenue per 1,000 searches). Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Author howerl.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

To allocate the option pool from the hiring plan, use these current ranges for option grants in Silicon Valley: Title Range (%) CEO 5 – 10 COO 2 – 5 VP 1 – 2 Independent Board Member 1 Director 0.4 – 1.25 But, this is basically just semantics. How do you create an option pool from a hiring plan? #

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Option Pool Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Warrant 68