Deal Structure Management 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.
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.
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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).
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. They manage all the customer relationships. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. They make all the sales.
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
because they'll come into the business and take over the owner's position and role, and they'll start to manage the business. 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. There would be some way to, to keep operations going.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
This is part 2 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 1 was “ Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name? ”. I’ve written in the past about how to identify a great startup opportunity. The last thing a startup needs is MORE risk. credit: Wikipedia)). Which business has more value? :
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