Employee Preferred Stock Startup Syndication 
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs. For more, see the Startup Studio Playbook.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.
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www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. 1 ] A startups life will be more complicated, legally, if any of theinvestors arent accredited.
Scott Edward Walker
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
Despite all the hype in the press (including with respect to the latest ICO craze), raising funds for your startup is still tough – particularly if you’re not located in San Francisco or Silicon Valley. The hard part, of course, is getting in front of “A” investors to pitch your startup. Tip #1: Get Warm Referrals to “A” Investors.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
When we sold our startup in 1998 I thought one day Id do some angelinvesting. You give a startup money and they give you stock. You give a startup money and they give you stock. Thats how you win: by investing in the right startups. Dont feel like you have to join a syndicate, though.
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