Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. She was one of the lead engineers at Uber. Some were interesting, some weren’t. It’s hard to completely grok reading it.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 21, 2013
Often your sales engineers can do the customizations without bugging the core eng team. Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract. At a minimum co-ownership of the IP. If not specified in contract you might find yourself with future litigation over IP.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Your goal is to invest in engineering (to maintain your product lead), new offices / locations (to capture markets before others), marketing (to capture consumer attention before others do) … all of these activities consume cash often in advance of the revenue they generate. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2015
When you do, my 20% becomes 15% and thus my true price for your round is actually higher than it appears when I invested because I already know I’m going to face more dilution for options. If you’re a solo founder and haven’t built out your team or engineers I’m likely to want 15+%. Those are the big three.
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. . Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Flexible VC offers you this.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. Nivi Babak , VentureHacks: As much as possible while keeping your dilution under 20%, preferably under 15%, and, even better, under 10%. Patented Technology? Mike Butcher has a pretty good list here.
The Next Web
JANUARY 24, 2014
We have three universities in the top 100 of the Shanghai ranking for engineering and technology. Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). An uneasy relationship with ambition.
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