Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. They have contacts with the more “startup friendly” banks in your area, like Silicon Valley Bank, and might even be able to arrange a “loan guarantee” if you meet these criteria.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration Startup 292

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. They have contacts with the more “startup friendly” banks in your area, like Silicon Valley Bank, and might even be able to arrange a “loan guarantee” if you meet these criteria.

Silicon Valley 431

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 431

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. They have contacts with the more “startup friendly” banks in your area, like Silicon Valley Bank, and might even be able to arrange a “loan guarantee” if you meet these criteria.

Silicon Valley 210

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 210

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2013

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. They have contacts with the more “startup friendly” banks in your area, like Silicon Valley Bank, and might even be able to arrange a “loan guarantee” if you meet these criteria.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 252

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. They have contacts with the more “startup friendly” banks in your area, like Silicon Valley Bank, and might even be able to arrange a “loan guarantee” if you meet these criteria.

Security 120

Security Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 120

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). This kind of spend happens all day long inside startup companies and 100% of the spend on attracting customers is a cost.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150