Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Also during this time, the underlying metrics in that business can change positively, potentially trapping companies to accept the initially-agreed upon valuation. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. by a mile, continued to soar in volume and valuation. In the meantime, we have what we have today.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. However, this does not mean that investors don’t have a significant effect on valuations and M&A). Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . Solo founders take 3.6x less likely to pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. You own the IP you create. My advice wasn’t to shut down all product / IP initiatives but rather to be clear on their purpose and how to monetize them.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2019

As a founder, you have to come to terms with not having complete control — of your team, the market, or your valuation. Sure, IP and patents are the marks of a company with great value—but that’s only true when they’re associated with the right people. We’re not worth a billion dollars.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . The round was heavily oversubscribed so the founders could choose their investment partners, but the founders decided to include NVIDIA a strategic investor.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

I am looking for funding of $50K in startup funds, and would like to partner with the right investor to provide this and other future funding as needed. I would like my sweat equity and existing IP to be the risk that I incur without also risking an asset that could easily represent the majority of my total assets.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. I’ve written a post about the need to “Always be closing&# whether it is fundraising, employee/partner recruitment and new customer sales. Patented Technology? Who to raise from?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Furthermore, Jet.com recently rolled out its own private label brand, Uniquely J, meant to target “higher-income, urban customers” (as Walmart put it on its Q3’2017 earnings call) and partnered with luxury department store Lord and Taylor to display its merchandise on Walmart’s website. Crew’s Madewell brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Sets the valuation at the time of the investment. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. I'm interested to know why you didn't choose a convertible note structure. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 19, 2011

First the tech pundits, who are centering on the IP is the main asset argument. So we’ll discount it by half and using Google per-per-patent benchmark of $550k per patent we arrive at a valuation of $467m, which is really dependent upon there being some competitive bidding for the assets otherwise it’s a complete fire sale.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. Morgan Stanley had proposed a higher valuation to let them in. You need your key negotiating partner and both sets of lawyers. Yes, this was stupid.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 19, 2010

If I were thinking about a startup or participating in any kind of startup activity, like classes or an incubator, and I worked at Yelp fulltime, I’d go take a look at the assignment of IP rights in my employment contract. Yelp missed its chance to exit at a nice valuation after six years of hard work.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. I unexpectedly found that it was more helpful to think about the company valuation as an output variable in the fund-raising equation. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

Paying above the local market rate, transferring lots of small payments that lead to the same IP address, etc. Even worse, they have intentionally ‘’cooked’’ the numbers in their pitch deck to receive a higher business valuation for their startup. are tactics often used by the criminals. Slave Labor.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

23 partner-based projects. The CEO doesn’t care about his website, he cares about his valuation (i.e. Sell CRO by calculating the valuation increase. Valuation increase? Score B2B marketing campaigns in minutes by joining IP detection and company scoring. Patterns do lose, of course, but they are quite accurate.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 10, 2017

We raised significant capital at a high valuation based on his credibility, and he certainly was entitled to call the shots on decisions like that. TechSquare Labs is already doing just that at scale for accomplished researchers out of Georgia Tech, and I’m looking forward to contributing.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. Xtranormal. Presentation tools. Login System. Crowdfactory.

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