Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

As a firm we start by wanting to attract future partners who have worked at startups before and have developed a competence which might be marketing (Greg) or product and CEO experience (Kara) plus amazing Biz Dev experience (Hamet). That turns out to be much more difficult than non-investors often imagine.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The extraordinary amount of capital flooding in at the Seed stage, often from non-traditional capital sources, foreign capital, or new funds also sometimes makes it possible for companies to raise a larger round without demonstrating the progress that seasoned investors would look for a Seed stage company today.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Non-compete. I was once asked to sign a one year non-compete agreement as a sweat equity consultant. Without receiving a real salary, I’d be wary of signing a non-compete in an area which I have domain expertise in. It would have to be an extremely compelling offer to go for this sort of offer.

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