Deal Structure Hiring Operations Startup 
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Investing has always (and will always) come with a long laundry list of liabilities that can deter even the most experienced investors from making a generous contribution to a startup or early-stage company they believe in. The financial set up pertaining to any sealed investment is a crucial piece of the startup assessment puzzle.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. billion).
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2019
Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? In today’s sexy startup culture, buying an existing business has lost its vogue. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal.
David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Well, enter the Pre-Seed round, where the startup raises closer to $500K. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. The discounts?
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The reason people pay for goodwill is to avoid the danger and risk of a startup. Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. So, you know, it's really common for somebody to, you know, you talked about will this business, can I operate this business without that owner? Now, that's what goodwill is.
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