Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

France, Germany, and the UK), makes it almost impossible for a competitor to release a contending product in other European countries without traversing protected markets. . Offering in-house counsel equity is an affordable and practical workaround to secure in-house counsel on a limited budget. Thinking long-term.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Portfolio Startup Intellectual Property 88

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

But if you read the whole article you glean more insight… the entire public equity markets have sunk in the last 3-4 months. This is clearly true and obviously sucks for any investors who bought these shares in the offering and currently hold them.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Acqui-hire Tip 4: Equity is King You must agree to an incentive structure that motivates the founders and key executives within the company you acquire. Use equity and options to incentivize and reward these new team members. Use equity and options to incentivize and reward these new team members.

Global 48

Global Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 48

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Last year, France was the first country to pass a law that imposes a fine for catcalling. Anyone you surround yourself with, whether advisors or mentors, biz partners, potential hires, programmers, business incubator, anyone you give equity to, etc.?—?treat What do you think about this? Simply put: About damn time. Don’t be in a rush.

Startup 55

Startup Technical Review CTO Hire Detroit 55

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. 5) Structure-defined funds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Among them was a small company of two people in Italy called PostoInAuto (at the time, BlaBlaCar had only launched in France and Spain). Most of the consideration for these deals was equity and options, so cash is not a requirement.

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

” Data Collective prides itself on its deeply technical core team, and the Big Data chops of its extended group of 35 equity partners, who, while Data Collective wouldn’t reveal specific names, all work or have worked at companies like Akmai, Zynga, LinkedIn, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, Twitter, IBM, Citrix, Airbnb and VMware.

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

David Cohen

JANUARY 16, 2021

Emigrate to France. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. Eat crepes. Environment. E-sports hall of fame. E pluribus unum. Electric Vehicle. Equanimity. Entertainment. E-Techstars. Equilibrium. Etherium.

Estonia 72

Estonia Egypt France Social Media 72

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Currently, Docs supports equity (via Ted Wang from firm Fenwick and West) and convertible debt (with the help of law firm Perkins Coie) with minor modifications through side letters. AngelList will then automatically generate a term sheet and closing documents. Crunchbase. ANGELLIST. Spartacus Legends goes free-to-play on XBLA. startupcto

Term Sheet 70

Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

The Equity Kicker

JULY 6, 2015

The Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) just published their SEP Monitor: From Unicorns to Reality. There’s a wealth of good data there on fundraising in different categories split by geography. “Scaleups”, companies that have raised $1m-10m, are where we focus and are shown in the picture above.

Germany 60

Germany France Europe IPO 60

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 7, 2020

One of the Career On-Demand Executives in the Bolster network I spoke with early on described her journey to me like this: she was “between things” when a friend of hers who had moved to France and started a company asked her to come set up her HR Department and run it for 6 months while hiring full-time staff.

Silicon Valley 87

Silicon Valley Demand France Equity 87

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The project, backed by Council member Cisco, was developed by a team from the University of Lorraine in France. People in low-income neighborhoods, people of color, people with disabilities and other equity groups are historically left out of bottom-up planning —and this is a huge mistake. The human side of technology.

Social Media 48

Social Media Community Equity Government 48

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 22, 2017

These fears were compounded by programmes from France, Germany and other governments to get UK companies to relocate. One fear I heard expressed a lot post Brexit is that the London will lose it’s place as the dominant startup centre in Europe. It appears these campaigns have had little impact.

Germany 91

Germany France Europe Government 91

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

France’s Essilor International, the world’s top maker of corrective eye lenses, is buying 50 percent of Shamir Optical Industry Ltd in a cash deal worth $130 million. FRENCH GIANT ESSILOR BUYS HALF OF ISRAELS SHAMIR OPTICAL. There are important synergies between Shamir Optical and Essilor.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In How Not To Sell Equity Too Cheap, Too Soon , entrepreneurs would find a discussion of what we recommend when it comes to selling incubation-stage equity. There were people from Argentina, Israel, India, France, New York, Washington, Nigeria, etc. Let's make things move! We had an excellent Q&A at today's session.

Nigeria 121

Nigeria Incubator Argentina Silicon Valley 121

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As you can see from the graph on the far right it turns out that fear of failure is roughly the same in the UK, the US, France and Germany. It’s so good to finally have data on this topic!

Germany 72

Germany France Europe Government 72

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 15, 2013

The VCT and ECF schemes here in the UK, the FCPI scheme in France, and the EIF supporting the whole of Europe are other good examples. These reasons apply equally in the UK, France and just about every startup hub I know outside the Valley and they are provide important boosts to the local startup ecosystems. for jobs and growth].

Venture Capital 116

Venture Capital Government France Canada 116

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 7, 2020

One of the Career On-Demand Executives in the Bolster network I spoke with early on described her journey to me like this: she was “between things” when a friend of hers who had moved to France and started a company asked her to come set up her HR Department and run it for 6 months while hiring full-time staff.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Demand France Equity 48

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Girls in Tech London picked the top women in 19 countries – the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece and Israel – on the basis of their leadership and excellence in innovation and technology.

Latvia 109

Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

The Equity Kicker

JULY 30, 2012

What leaps out from this chart is the difference between France and Germany on the one hand and the UK on the other. I doubt the same is true in Germany and France. The sad truth is that bankruptcy laws give entrepreneurs in two of Europe’s largest economies good reason to fear failure.

Bankruptcy 110

Bankruptcy Germany France Government 110

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Given an additional dollar to spend on growing your firm’s overall customer equity, where are you going to get the biggest bang for your buck: from new customer acquisition, customer retention, or customer development? But how important is customer development, really? Asking if they’d like fries would certainly be a start.

Customer 162

Customer Customer Development Acquisition Pennsylvania 162

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 2, 2015

Steve Denning, a business professor whose work I mostly value for it’s reminder that focusing on the customer is the only route to value creation, has been touring France and visiting Michelin starred restaurants. He observed the following management traits at successful three starred restaurants that have been around for decades.

France 60

France Management Startup Customer 60

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 6, 2015

UK and Israel dominate with France and Germany next at approx half the size (slides 10 and 11). It’s very comprehensive and well worth flicking through the full 55 pages if you are investing or raising money over here. Here are the seven points that stick in my mind.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Germany France 60

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Because of that, we have been judges or speakers at programs in New York geared to investors and startups from Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Eastern Europe, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, the Maghreb, and Portugal. And of course many of our members in NY are international by background. 4) Inclusion.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

The Equity Kicker

JULY 13, 2015

More recently we’ve seen this play out with riots and public disturbances within advanced economies like the US, the UK and France and arguably on a global scale with widespread anti-American feelings in parts of Asia and Africa.

Africa 60

Africa France Asia Mobile 60

The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2015

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.

Italy 60

Italy Spain Germany France 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. We discussed in the video why they don’t price this money but give it as convertible debt) they don’t make announcements to the market.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. This is a good thing. (I I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.)

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 7, 2013

subscribers and is the second biggest ISP in France, making this a significant move. The juiciest titbit this morning is undoubtedly the news that upstart French ISP Free is now shipping ad-blocking software and hardware to its customers with defaults set so all ads are blocked. Free has 5.2m they insist on Net Neutrality ).

.Net 98

.Net France Portfolio Government 98

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Nobody wanted equity in startup. As part of the family deal, we moved from the Bay Area to Paris so we could enjoy an international experience and they love France. The bubble had burst. It was absolutely the worst time in the world to start a company. Nobody wanted to work in a start up. Nobody wanted to invest in a startup.

Founder 60

Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

We also reached out to companies that make products useful to accelerating your Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, from cloud-hosted Selenium provider Sauce Labs (disclaimer: where I have equity) to ScrumPad (where I dont) and many in-between (a sampling is below, but you should really jus t click through to see the whole smorgasbord).

Lean 153

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 153

Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2016

In Cohn & Wolfe’s study (12,000 people participated from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States), 69 percent of the participants claim customer relations is more important than the brand’s beliefs and environmental footprint.

United Arab Emirates 60

United Arab Emirates Social Media Redemption United Kingdom 60