Gust

DECEMBER 20, 2012

There is no specific ratio between “sweat equity” and cash in a venture, and that’s actually not a good way to think about the issue. You might have created that value by slaving 18 hours a day, seven days a week for five years (in which case the value of the sweat equity is $8.70

Sweat Equity 136

Sweat Equity Equity Valuation Salary 136

Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This exposure helps in recruiting entrepreneurs for their rapidly growing Global Entrepreneur Program , as well their integrated suite of cloud services targeted towards tech and startup community members. For IBM, Digital.NYC provides exclusive community-building in the fastest growing tech ecosystem in the world.

Early Stage 133

Early Stage Technical Review New York Deal Flow 133

Gust

MAY 3, 2014

This is also (and even more so) true for other groups that seem to receive less than their proportionate share of equity investments: Blacks, Latinos, LGBTQ, etc. This is in comparison to the industry-wide rate of 0.25% for all companies.

Venture Capital 152

Venture Capital Portfolio Equity Programming 152

Gust

MAY 11, 2014

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups.

Seed Money 164

Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 164

Gust

JUNE 7, 2014

But for a company with multiple rounds of equity and/or debt funding, things can rapidly get so complicated that the only way to figure out who gets what, when, is to use a specialized computer or web-based program: *original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

Warrant 157

Warrant Preferred Stock Early Stage Common Stock 157

Gust

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Under the Crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act, a startup company will, for the first time, be able to sell shares of stock to anyone (that is, “the crowd”) once the SEC publishes the final rules for the program in January of 2013.

Accredited Investor 121

Accredited Investor SEC Stock Startup 121

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

In the last year, there has been a resurgence of interest, some say a bubble, by both angels and VCs, in a pre-Series A kicker to identify promising startups with seed funding, before major equity has been given away. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. Pundits call this the “spray and pray” approach to funding.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177