Hunter Walker

JULY 4, 2023

A few reads for an American holiday Uncle Sam reading a magazine while an eagle sits on his shoulder, digital art In Conversation with 50 Cent (Carvell Wallace/Vulture) – 20 years later and reading his name still triggers memories of In Da Club’s opening beats. And it changed the way artists look at deal structures.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

A couple of tech giants throw millions around in either cash (for which they have hoards) or part with some publicly traded stock. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. (If And who cares, right?

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Instead of investing in the stock market or in startups (e.g., It matters because, unless you understand the motivation of a prospective buyer, it will be very difficult to make informed decisions with respect to critical deal issues. How Is the Deal Structure Different with a Financial Buyer?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

I’ve decided to keep his name off as I didn’t get his explicit permission, but drop me a line if you’d like to get in touch. 10 tips for raising money from business angels. What experience or contacts are they bringing to the table? Are you offering them a board seat or a chairman role?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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. Lastly, I asked for input from Gary Millin, CEO, World Accelerator , a domain name-based accelerator.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

All names redacted.). Instead of giving me a valuation that I now have to negotiate, why not just issue me debt and let me buy stock at the seed round valuation (maybe with a risk premium) with that debt. Three Card Monty Corporate Structures. I already own stock in two companies which own no intellectual property.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur… My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. Stock Market In my Junior year in college, I started day trading and grew a $2,000 pot to over $40,000 thanks to a big one-hit wonder.

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