Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. This era was dominated by a ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) of the federal reserve and easy money in search of high yields and encouraging growth at all costs.

Valuation 466

Valuation San Francisco Ratchet Liquidation Preference 466

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

He summarized that conversation well, so rather than re-tread that material, Ill quote it here: One thing that I was surprised to learn was that IMVU started out with continuous deployment. As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review Lean 131

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

There’s a dialect and lexicon in African American households that many people are unfamiliar with, so when these words creep out of your mouth during professional conversations and pitches, your intelligence is often being unfairly downgraded – it sadly is! Your potential investors search for you on Google before doing business with you.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68