The Equity Kicker

MAY 14, 2012

Twice in the last week I found myself coaching founders on how to build a financing plan around value creation milestones so I thought I would share what I said here. Typical value creation milestones for technology startups include: launching a product. November – retail partner decision to roll-out product to rest of stores.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

You get dilution sensitive and you start optimizing on price of a financing deal, versus finding the right partners or raising enough money to grow. The rest of success is having the help and being well positioned for uncharted territory to make sure you keep going at the same pace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out early to hasten their success. For the rest of us, a bit more practice before jumping feels like a better bet. I agree with Robert E.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The rest of this post series deals with the reasons why VC froze up in the first place, why investments have heated up recently and why the future of VC funding at the current pace is not certain. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2011

And if you’re one of these brave souls — pouring your blood, sweat, and tears into running your own business — there’s no time for rest. They end up trying to do too much for too many, which dilutes their focus and often the quality of their product or service. The problem is that too many entrepreneurs never learn to say ‘NO!’

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out early to hasten their success. For the rest of us, a bit more practice before jumping feels like a better bet. I agree with Robert E.

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Transformify

JULY 23, 2018

To boost innovation and SME sector growth, the EU Commission has launched the SME Instrument of the Horizon 2020 program – the largest non-dilutive fund in the world. Why non-dilutive? Is the very same or similar technology used by your competitors? EUR 3 billion are available to fund a maximum of 7,500 startups by 2020!

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

It is one of the first few industries to embrace digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, mHealth, wearables, telehealth, and robotics. As the healthcare industry continues to adopt digital technology, the number of healthcare startups is also growing. billion in 2017 YTD (as of May 22, 2017).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas. Each major city has created physical technology hubs with strong public/private partnerships.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. Often difficult to get, the first engineer sets the tone for the rest of the development team. Every time a startup raises capital, all common shareholders are diluted. Converting percents to cents (and dollars). N: exit size.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. But over-optimizing for dilution is a bad attribute relative to focusing on creating a big & winning company.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2010

On top of that, when you set out to raise a certain size round, and the round grows on you, you usually wind up taking a lot more dilution than you intended. Doesn’t that sound like a better outcome than “Miss milestones, and now figure out what to do with the rest of the money for the next year.” The solution? Try to prove one thing.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In one case the CEO had a different vesting schedule because he had spent a lot more time than the rest of the founding team on the idea. However, founder agreements are not set in stone and it is common for them to be tweaked by a little or a lot during the first financing by professional investors. more details ].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If your brand tries to be too many things at once, the message becomes scattered and the brand grows diluted. This means that horizontal is the most restful and stable line position. They are more casual and playful than vertical or horizontal lines because they resist being pigeonholed in either resting position.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Don’t focus on the technology. So we tend to go with one person, but we do like to see the team so even if that’s during the Q&A, you should bring up the rest of the team for questions.”. The way your startup was founded and financed until now will affect your eligibility for a startup accelerator. Pick a confident speaker.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Co-founders are the highest form of dilution to a business. Other sources of capital. A few nuggets.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Startups can act quickly to capitalize on the new opportunities created by technological advances. Raising excessive amounts of capital dilutes their stake in the company, and introduces a preference overhang (all that money has to be paid back before the founders and employees get to participate in the upside). Organization.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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