Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?”
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Academic lab research concentrates heavily on advancing experimental science designs that emphasize the understanding of scientific mechanisms and publishing papers that explore phenomena, rather than developing commercialized data or products.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
During the first year of the company’s life, I was a fireball – relentless in creating and pursuing opportunities – getting on an airplane at the drop of a hat to fly anywhere, anytime, to get a design win. Our chip was nearing completion, and I had convinced early lighthouse customers to design it into their computers.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 19, 2012
When not approached carefully, growth can destroy value as it outstrips a company’s managerial capacity, processes, quality, and financial controls, or substantially dilutes customer value propositions. Most processes are designed to instruct an employee how to do something or what not to do.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 24, 2013
” “Worthworm is designed to fill the market void, providing users with an affordable, rigorous, web-based valuation system that derives a reasonable and defensible pre-money valuation from which entrepreneurs and angel investors can begin negotiating,” Lobock adds.
Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
of our company in exchange for the $300K, and my business partner and I each diluted from 50% ownership down to 33.3% ownership and never dilute. When fundraising for a startup, all investors dilute as additional investors join in on the deal. The deal we made with him was he’d get 33.3%
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
So, a fair split, would be closer to 60/40 in favor of the funding founder, when diluted for the cash. The calculation comes as follows: original 50/50 diluted down 20 percent to 40/40 for the financing, and then the one funding founder gets that 20 percent. How important is this person’s role? How important is this person’s role?
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