Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents.

IPO 159

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ConversionXL

JUNE 26, 2017

Hint: it’s not usually a company-valued metric like revenue. Example: Employee engagement -> small business -> productivity -> Management -> Culture -> Human resources. ask only simple easy questions – that should be clear in the first 5 sec.). Know your North Star Metric. Optimize for that.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Seth’s role there was to perform audits; prepare tax returns for Corporations, S-Corps, LLC’s, Partnerships; and bankruptcy compilation work for SEC reporting and litigation. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. Now you make your own decisions.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. The SEC defines an "accredited investor" as someone with over amillion dollars in liquid assets or an income of over $200,000 ayear. There never has to be atime when you have no revenues.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. So the idea that a) we would allow more IPOs, but b) it had to be consistent with SEC regulations, was really the intent of what we were doing.".

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

When I share this, reporters often ask me, “why is management so gullible to sit there and listen to a demand imbalance goal of 30x-50x?”. That said, the NYSE and NASDAQ have SEC approval for “Direct Listing with a Primary Raise.” The banker’s even brag in marketing documents about this “achievement.” (see see below).

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. More Stable Currency for Some Citizens of the World Some people don’t trust their governments with a national currency.

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