Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

4/ Orthogonal Competition – I recently tweeted about a new breed of early-stage technology investor that has its roots in public equities (hedge funds, long/short, etc.) Many of these new data-driven funds are hiring experienced VCs across early stages and building outposts in the Bay Area.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Social benefit companies also have access to impact investors which can provide 6 & 7 figure zero-dilution grants, which are an early stage secret weapon. HW: If you were just starting your career in tech, would SF still be where you chose to settle? I thought you said the questions were going to be easy Hunter?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

At the same time, a direct equity investment (one where the dev shop acquires a share in the company immediately) puts the founders in a potentially uneasy position of having to dilute their company before a product is built. And it’s not just early-stage founders who notice.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

However, in this moment, I think one''s career in venture capital depends on changing your perspective. The classes got too big and quality was diluted because, by PG''s own admission, YC " grew too fast.". You could argue that the recent companies are too early, so I''ll take that challenge and compare it with my own portfolio.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. If the company is pre-funding or only has a small friends-and-family seed round, then the numbers should go up from there, based on expected dilution and greater risk.” 8 and 2.5%

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

My sincere hope is that they’ll gain the empathy they need to be great entrepreneurs and the practical experience to have good judgment when they make tough calls later in their careers. They give up balance, which leads to dilution of focus, in favor of an “all in” and committed attack. Market and Timing Matter Most.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 29, 2019

At VivaTech last week, we got an insight into the first-hand experience of John Chambers who was CEO and Chairman of Cisco from 1995-2017, and who now invests in early-stage tech start-ups around the world, with a particular focus on mentoring emerging leaders. With a small team, culture happens naturally and is mutually understood.

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A Crowded Space

MAY 18, 2017

But if it were really true, there would be no investors that consistently pick winners year after year for 20+ year careers like my idols Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Note, these are not necessarily 50X investments because of dilution + follow-on investments at higher valuations, but we’re all quite happy with the returns.

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

3 Dilution. The total preference is less of an issue in early stage companies (e.g. However, it can be a significant issue in later stage companies that have raised a lot of money. Those new shares are created out of thin air by the company, and will dilute all of the current stockholders. diluted) terms.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Raising capital may be the single hardest thing you will ever have to do in your business career, regardless of whether you do it for a startup or for a business that you’ve built over a dozen years. startup, early stage, mature company) no matter what kind of capital you’re trying to raise (e.g., Less dilution!

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They get the same kind of stock and get diluted the same amount in futurerounds. So the deals take longer, dilute you more, and imposemore onerous conditions. There is nothing more valuable,in the early stages of a startup, than smart users. You may worry that if you do youll blow your chances of an academic career.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

Some VCs prefer investing at the earliest stages and then cycle off the board of directors. Others prefer to come in at the later stages, post product-market fit, and not have to deal with the risk and roller coaster of the early stages. The first version of the go to market team is hired (i.e., >$100 million.

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