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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. If you’re raising $2 million and can close on $3 million – don’t optimize to minimize short-term dilution, optimize for contingencies in case the market gets worse. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

” You’re like, “Oh” and you’re lawyers in Hawaii. Bigger than that was we had an operating agreement that had a non dilution clause for him and I don’t want to get into the weeds of that. They don’t have someone else who can step in. In this Bcast, we could do that in another one.