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View from Seed
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The reality is that if a founder raised every one of these rounds, and lead investors always got their “target” ownership, the level of dilution would be ridiculous. No good investor would want the founder/CEO of a company to have insufficient ownership by the series A, and every founder I know is sensitive to taking too much dilution.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. As an early-stage VC I love this phase. How profitable is my product or service? What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers?
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . In all these cases, capital is provided to fuel forecasted growth without creating a commitment to a particular vision for future funding rounds, exit goals, and associated blitzscaling.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 31, 2016
While it’s fair to say that the aforementioned cornerstones apply to more established companies and are intended to ensure for their continued well-being, early stage entrants can benefit from their guidance as well. Is a marketing plan important? Is high yield important? Are promotional materials important?
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. foundries/studios, e.g., BetaWorks, Idealab, Accretive LLC, Lux Capital; see detailed list here. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e.,
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Whether it is in the emerging markets or in the U.S., This company provides a crowdsourced customer service solution to enterprises. Gio pitched it to me as a crowdsourced BPO, but I think he will have more success if he simply focuses on customer service as his core value proposition. Kir Devries.
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