Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Despite, the negative trends noted above in terms of overall volume and the later-stage nature of IPOs, the good news is that we have seen areas of innovation and progress in the market over the past few years. Importantly as well, the positive implications of the 2012 JOBS Act cannot be understated.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

trillion, it is by far the largest of its sort in the world and financed projects that in other settings may not have passed investment criteria screens. [3]. Additionally, investment managers are attracted to matching long-dated pension liabilities with the extended duration nature of leased asset. municipal bond market.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In-the-Trenches Consulting to Startup and Emerging-Growth Companies. Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. The company description makes it crystal clear that this is for the VERY SAME STARTUP looking to pay nothing to the sucker CFO. « Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs!

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There’s been a lot of talk recently about what will happen to startup financing in 2016, including here on this blog. In the last couple of years the ratio of money into startups to funds raised by VCs was 2.5 In the last couple of years the ratio of money into startups to funds raised by VCs was 2.5

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I think the same goes for startup entrepreneurialism. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”. Avoid being labeled as startup from a “special group” program. I used to joke I was always “integrating” startup socials (forgive me for not giving Asian people their due credit as being minorities).

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

So while the infrastructure cost and startup costs may have declined, the operating costs have increased. Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. The Epilogue.

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Startup Equity For Employees. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. Most venture-funded startups have different classes of stock: common and various flavors of preferred.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

This post will be perhaps a bit longer than usual, but certainly of great interest for those with interest in or have need for more capital… This stage is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. For you who fit that description, nice work.

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