Cost Liquidation Preference Partner Product 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Some major venture firms including Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners have purchased more stocks of companies they first backed as startups this year, defying the industry norm of selling those shares soon after public listings. That means that in these down rounds, some investors are asking to 2-5x liquidation preferences.
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series A-1 Preferred. Series B Preferred.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Focus on the partner you would be working with. How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs. One issue he talked about was working with partners. Get to know them.
Up and Running
AUGUST 17, 2015
Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. C Corp versus LLC, non-competes, liquidation preferences, preferred versus common stock, and so on).
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
In addition, the competition for and the cost of hiring people, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, has gone up dramatically. So while the infrastructure cost and startup costs may have declined, the operating costs have increased. If it doesn’t have the product fully baked yet? Pre-Seed is the New Seed.
David Teten
AUGUST 21, 2019
Lower processing cost. Much lower cost of capital, if company is highly successful. The cost of VC funding to a unicorn CEO can easily be the equivalent of paying well over 100% annual interest. Cost of capital is tax deductible, unlike traditional equity VC. For a VC round, this can be $25-50k+.
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