K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

Founders typically get their equity in a company once — at the time of founding and then get diluted with each subsequent round of financing. Plaxo’s most valuable feature was that it backed up your contacts from Outlook. For removing duplicates from my contacts. But, Plaxo gave this feature away for free.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

Founders typically get their equity in a company once — at the time of founding and then get diluted with each subsequent round of financing. Plaxo’s most valuable feature was that it backed up your contacts from Outlook. For removing duplicates from my contacts. But, Plaxo gave this feature away for free.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Founder Seed Stage 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

On the contrary, early corporate training courses, potential future customer contacts, and getting real world marketing experience all are extremely useful for budding entrepreneurs. I find that most good founders proceed faster on their own, with less drain on their time from peers and programs, and no equity dilution.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Randy Parker Chip Morse Thomas Durkin Constant Contact Inc. Besides the future potential earnings youre forgoing, youre also diluting your own ownership in the company. The offering to a consultant may affect your securities compliance in later offerings and will certainly add to further dilution to founders," Durkin says.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). You can get cash without diluting your ownership in the company. In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers.

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Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Up and Running

MAY 27, 2014

Is the investor asking for a non-dilution clause (a stipulation that their equity shares never dilute) in your operating agreement? (No Every time an investment is made, everyone dilutes!). Is the investor asking for an equity stake that does not fairly correlate with the amount of money they are giving you?

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Angel Investor Dilution Accredited Investor Due Diligence 119

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

That said, Jonathan Bragdon, General Partner, Capacity Capital , points out that Flexible VC terms “twin” well with equity: providing less dilution while still providing investor assistance. . If you are working on any other flexible VC templates, please contact us.). Emily Campbell, Esq.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This week we contacted royalty licensing expert, the well-respected Arthur Lipper, asking the magic question. What are the advantages of using royalties instead of raising investor funds, other than no dilution of equity? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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IP Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Product 54

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  (“If we can close 35% of all opportunities, and can get an opportunity by making x contacts, and there are 300 opportunities per month, then we should be able to sell 100 customers per month if we have the capital ($35 per contact) to cover the market every month.”   This results in a five-year projection of XYZ.).

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This week we contacted royalty licensing expert, the well-respected Arthur Lipper, asking the magic question. What are the advantages of using royalties instead of raising investor funds, other than no dilution of equity? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Assuming no dilution (which is not a good assumption), this means you need to sell for $200 million. If tenths of a percent of options for an advisor causes too much dilution, then youve failed anyway. » About Us » Consulting » Masthead » Contact. An advisors magic number is $1 million upon liquidity.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Which staff members need to be contacted in the event of an issue, and does everyone have relevant contact information? Admitting your failings in plain English – not corporate speak – will go a long way to help dilute the situation. When you’ve identified possible issues, think about the internal protocols.

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Social Media Media New Zealand Dilution 143

Hunter Walker

MARCH 14, 2019

It really helps if you are able to remain in contact with the former Partner or have another trusted backchannel at their fund, even if that backchannel is a more junior professional. Even at the cost of a little more dilution. It’s the COMPANY that’s being put at risk. I’m a believer in the psychology of sunk costs.

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Cap Table Dilution Silicon Valley Portfolio 95

Jason Ball

JUNE 16, 2020

Some suggestions if you’re entirely new to the ecosystem: University contacts. Be careful though — you still need to think about total dilution once the note converts to equity. If you’re really just starting out and are building your network, you have to start somewhere.

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Dilution Valuation Incubator Portfolio 34

JANUARY 9, 2014

By trying to appeal to everyone and adding features left, right and centre, you will actually dilute your message and could end up with a complex, bloated product. I believe your customers’ experience is the main contact with your brand so it’s key to really work at this. People who focus exclusively on efforts that matter, succeed.

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Early Stage Startup Cofounder Design 102

Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

They dilute the analysis with non-facts. Keep in close contact with your soul. You might think it would be the Attacker. It is the Rationalizer because their approach to dealing with negative data is not as overtly corrosive. A Rationalizer subtly sows doubt. At their worst, they commonly turn diamonds into coal.

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Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 13, 2013

I connect to and meet important business contacts on LinkedIn. That dilutes the value of the like signal and of Facebook itself. Now, they made it terrifically hard for people who don''t know you to contact you. Google is my connection to everything--it feeds me information--answers just about any question I might have.

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Venture Capital Dilution Internet Networking 148

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2018

The average small business spends 20 hours a week on marketing, a Constant Contact survey found. This runs the risk of diluting your customer service quality, hurting your customer satisfaction levels and potentially costing you customers and damaging your reputation.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We will grant him/her X% fully diluted shares up front, and every time he/she makes an introduction, he/she will vest in 100 shares.” Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. Blog blog archive. Quora Answers. About Matt. Client references.

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Equity Vesting Silicon Valley Intellectual Property 40

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 14, 2012

The entrepreneur is seeking not just money, but primarily contacts with buyers at big retailers to get wider distribution. Kevin’s offer seems to be pretty attractive given that there is no equity dilution. He had originally wanted to sell only 10%, but now was looking at 25% dilution. Three sharks make an offer.

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Equity Dilution Redemption Distribution 164

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Initiate contact is the point in the process when a sales rep sets out to discover how your business can meet the needs of the lead. Nearly every business uses email marketing services, but selling to ‘every’ business will dilute your message. You want to identify your ideal customer and develop a strategy that targets them.

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B2C B2B Dilution Architecture 78

Life Beyond Code

JUNE 7, 2012

A filter that they apply when they come in contact with you the first time. ” What you say will influence the final assessment but if the zeroth impression is not strong enough, what you say is already diluted. The first filter. In general, everyone operates with what I call as the first filter. The big payback.

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Dilution Operations Email 89

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Every time a startup raises capital, all common shareholders are diluted. Conducting an anonymous sample survey among a handful of my own seed and Series A-stage founder contacts, the majority of them too disclosed offers in the 0.5 All of the estimates displayed above are figures prior to any dilution. N: exit size.

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Rob Go

JUNE 10, 2013

If you hire PR people, resist their desire to control all the contact. Worry more about making sure you pass than an extra point of dilution. —it’s important to create a competitive situation. Schleps are good. Don’t forget to make money. Journalists like hearing directly from founders. Listen to everyone. Then make your own decision.

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www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact My thoughts & lessons learned on startups, entrepreneurship, marketing and other stuff. I get that the numbers are post Series A, but even if you assume 50% dilution, you're giving your first hire developer between 1-2%. 1% is even less after you factor in dilution. patrickritchie That 0.5-1%

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

Fortunately, the company stands in the favorable position of rapid growth and profitability, meaning interested investors are proactively contacting us to talk. For us, because we chose to finance with debt, we gave up almost no equity in the company, and therefore almost no dilution of stock options.

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Liquidity Event Equity Finance Stock Options 139

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. 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. Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2015

Don’t dilute your content. Many website owners make the mistake of diluting their content. For example: Home; About Us; Products; Product One; Product Two; Product Three; Blog; Contact Us. They will ensure that what gets written is not diluted. In fact, it’s a recommended practice for SEO purposes!

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

What experience or contacts are they bringing to the table? Deal structure – I could write a full post just on this, but some aspects that were brought up are the need to agree on a reasonable valuation, what investment vehicles are used (convertible debt vs stock, options and warrants and other non-dilutive mechanisms).

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 14, 2013

Skip the emoticons – when addressing a broad audience – specifically through a professional or business page, emoticons can dilute the effectiveness of the message, diminish credibility, and even be perceived as inappropriate. Personal pages are just that, for friends and family, not business contacts. up a separate one.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. If you are a technology consultant and your name should be on this list, add a comment to this blog entry or contact me directly. By deciding to use a consulting CTO on a temporary basis, you avoid getting stalled in the earliest stages.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 20, 2015

10x Angels gather info about the market from non-media sources and only contact the team when it’s actionable, such as “Hey, this PhD was talking about you guys on his blog. Or when an exciting A Round may “dilute” them (no, you own less of something much bigger. ” or “What’s your take on this?”

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution.

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Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Most tools will not be capable of identifying the same user across different devices or browsers, diluting the value of customers who have multi-device journeys. Import lists of contacts you gathered before into Facebook as audiences. All the experiences prior to the cookie deletion will not be used in the calculation of the CLV.

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

3 Dilution. Those new shares are created out of thin air by the company, and will dilute all of the current stockholders. Since you still have 100,000 shares, your ownership percentage is now dropped to 0.8333% -- you just got diluted. In a startup, dilution happens, and you just need to factor it in. diluted) terms.

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Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Contact : to existing portfolio, to internal team resources, to LPs. – Protection against dilution when adding partners. If such advice is required, please contact a lawyer. Compensation : base salary, share of profits of management company, carry. – Succession. – Protection against constructive termination.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Shorten the aging process and dilute the product with more water, cutting the alcoholic content.Which, of course, will affect the taste. Suppose your plan shows that you expect 20% of the prospects you contact to be interested enough to take the next step, which might be a demonstration or a 30-day free trial.

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