David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2020

In the same vein, various technological innovations such as artificial intelligence have made VC funding easier and less biased. According to Ben Narasin , “in 2020, investors will require firmer governance and oversight structures to safeguard against negative impact and ensure these protections are mandated in their term sheets.”.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup Term Sheet 175

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm. This would arise as a result of a founder improperly “moonlighting” (i.e., Any IP created by a founder (e.g.,

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I wrote the post below for Crowdcube , one of the UK’s leading equity crowdfuding sites. Along with many other governments around the world ours believes that a healthy startup ecosystem is critical to the future long term economic health of the country. It went up on their blog yesterday. _.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

These are people that didn’t make their money through a tech startup or startup investing. Some of these folks are founders and CEOs, but not at high-growth tech startups. On the other hand, they could be the opposite—much more focused on near-term cash distributions than long-term equity appreciation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives. Instead the business press dumped on the founders for “selling out.” Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Fortunately, the business funding gender gap is narrowing, and larger shares of debt and equity capital are going to women-owned ventures, in part because more women are in lending and investing decision-making positions. Federal government agencies require SBA-approved certification as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB).

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. Maybe the founders are the micro VCs we have been waiting for? 7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge. The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. This sort of happened. Now onwards to 2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. After months of preparation, you should expect another six to nine months for reviews and funding cycles. Technology is not enough. In the U.S. In the U.S.

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SBIR Equity Technical Review Early Stage 120

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. New Communications Review. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. Most tech start-ups fail. Follow us on Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth. Investors will look first to a summary , and then a pitch ; but if you get through that screening, they’ll want to see a business plan for the process of due diligence.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

For more information, visit atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator) SXSW Pitch is the official SXSW platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. The SXSW Startup Crawl!

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors? Sound familiar?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to the Obama administration initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Bartering services for equity. Startup incubators.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Every year they fund several teams as they launch companies. Student Feedback.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Monday, January 14 th : Technology Investing – 3-4:30 PM, NYU Wagner at 295 Lafayette Street (Puck Building ).

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Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. They do not recognize that they may have already contractually sold a meaningful portion of equity in their company. There is nothing wrong with using a SAFE or a convertible note in a startup if you know its implications.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

At the beginning of the venture, you must see to it that you have prepared the documents that lay out the arrangements between founders, investors, and shareholders. Also, you should document any equity entitlements in the business if there are. Comply with Government Requirements. Clarify Your Contracts.

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Intellectual Property Startup Government Technical Review 59

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. I don’t fault entrepreneurs for relegating startup legal work to the bottom of their daily triage list; founders are spread incredibly thin.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

On the one hand it denied Facebook from enormous amounts of web traffic that Google controlled at the time but in the longer-run due to network effects of social networks it made Facebook significantly more powerful. It is a really big historical decision that Facebook made not to have Google index its pages.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

One exception to the rule is that the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) has programs that guarantee some portion of startup costs for new businesses so banks can lend them money with the government, reducing the banks’ risk. Complete financial statements, preferably audited or reviewed. Business plan. Insurance information.

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Balance Sheet SBA Covenant Technical Review 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The newly formed teams then work for the entire weekend, with the help of some experienced mentors from the industry, who volunteer their time to share advice on product, technology, legal, PR and other issues. Very cool concept and I want to thank the founder Adil Mohammed for inviting me to take part in it. Patented Technology?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Forming a corporation or limited liability company not only protects founders by limiting personal liability for activities related to the business, it also defines the rights of founders relative to each other and to the business, which is important in case there is ever a falling-out among the founders. Dave Balter Tech Prom.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Governance/Structure. Businesses that plan to use equity incentives (e.g. Employee Compensation.

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