Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

Sometimes you’d even get lucky and receive stock in the acquirer, which was how I gained pre-IPO equity in high growth stars like Pinterest and Facebook. And when they’re giving stock to existing shareholders instead of cash it’s at high 2021 valuations, buried below a preference stack.

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Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 117

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. So, there you have it.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

In-stock status. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. I love the nudge they have built-in showing how many in my size are in stock (only one!)….

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. So, there you have it.

IP 48

IP Intellectual Property Product Investment Bankers 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2015

At University, I had similar ventures and started a software company with a professor to teach stock traders virtually how to trade. More and more, my obsession and appreciation for voice over IP (VoIP) and hosted PBX grew. Through this journey, I created a hosted PBX system to run our communications systems.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Womble Bond Dickinson has released a white paper on Performance Aligned Stock and a term sheet on ImpactTerms.org. . (If

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Notice what is missing from this list of priorities: The company itself – that is, a business entity, most often a corporation , that will own the entire business (however defined), issue equity to founders, take investment capital , enter into contracts, make sales, pay employees and contractors, and so forth. Good stuff!

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

Governance/Control – Founder/CEO Mark Pincus has sold a good amount of his stock and owns <20% of shares outstanding, but now essentially has unilateral voting control of the company. So I can appreciate why public stock investors would be leery of Zynga and why the stock price has been punished recently.

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Stock LBO .Net Valuation 160

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In particular, the level of R&D collaboration with and IP licensing from universities and public research institutes remained relatively low among high-tech firms. 59-percent) and the average of several European countries (ranging from 54- to 67-percent).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. Over the past 2.5

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IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And a boost toward a faster timeline and better probability of a business sale at an exciting price. Company Scenario #2: A company with a solid revenue base - say more than $5 million in sales - but competes in an industry not one of great, current interest to buyers / investors. A boost toward better financial results. Relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. The last thing you want the CEO (or heads of sales, marketing, product) doing is sinking 3 days every month into preparing board packs. Legal threats from other IP holders? On and on and on.

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Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

Companies that were doing AI image creation to replace stock photography may have woken up one day to find out that their product was completely commoditised with free products/ APIs. IP issues, malicious use, future regulatory risk – Midjourney. Are you backing the right horse? Is there room for a Jasper.ai

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Generative AI ChatGPT API IP 97

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

You’ll usually get assigned a contact in the ad sales organization at Facebook or Google once you start spending big bucks. When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix? Will your sales follow seasonal or cyclical trends? Certain products have natural seasonality in sales— e.g. swimwear?—?and

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

At the time, this is last quarter and the stock market has trended upwards nicely since then (a potential leading indicator of private tech valuations), we all agreed venture portfolios were probably still 25-40% overvalued. As The Information proclaims, “ Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead.”

Portfolio 98

Portfolio Cap Table LP Valuation 98

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Hate mail started streaming in from everywhere - including emails directly to Bill Gates who would forward them on to the team with messages like "this is depressing MSFT's stock price. Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. As a financial planner, money was my stock in trade; however, I discovered true wealth was in good health and relationships. My family and friends helped me bounce ideas around, and when someone said it was a soft as butter – voila!

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Naming Entrepreneur New Hampshire LLC 149

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Locks in rights, preferences and priviledges of the stock. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. This is all built into a typical founder stock purchase agreement. Sets the valuation at the time of the investment.

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2016

Target not only spent $240 million to replace customers’ cards, but sales and the company’s stock price took a major hit from the resulting public fallout. Cloud-based Tripwire SecureScan provides free vulnerability scanning for up to 100 Internet protocol (IP) addresses on an internal network.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Investing in startups is a lot more than just buying “stock” in a company. Perhaps you know a Marketer, a Developer or Sales Manager that could fill a gap in one of the startups you back. by Paul Towers, founder & CEO of Task Pigeon. Ask yourself, where is your startup currently struggling? What could be improved?

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Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 137

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Enter into agreements between Newco and founders, early contributors, outside advisors or service providers under which they contribute or assign all intellectual property related to the company’s business to Newco in exchange for the issuance of founders’ stock (Common Stock). Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e.,

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Of all your hires, if you have commissioned sales people, those will give you the most problems if they’re not all given an equal chance to make their quotas and achieve their personal earnings goals. If you’ve been in the sales game, you know that most customers will sell themselves if you just let them. You’ve just got to listen.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feelsorry for potential customers on the phone with her. Stephen Hawkings editor told him that every equationhe included in his book would cut sales in half. A 10% improvement in ease of use doesnt just increase your sales 10%. Its more likely to double your sales.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet. This results in a range of sale prices; in this example from $118.6MM to $21MM.   Say I invest $1MM in a company and receive 40% of the stock. Let’s start at the end.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

Incorporating a company and issuing stock to the founders will help prevent misunderstandings among the founders about equity splits. If there is any IP created and there is more than one founder, then incorporating an entity and assigning IP to the entity is important. Issuing stock options.

IP 67

IP Stock Options Preferred Stock Capital Gains 67

Hippoland

APRIL 10, 2016

Ada is my professor, and we are using her lab, and the company is based on her research, though the IP is assigned to the company. This means that you earn your stock ownership linearly over the period of 4 years. After 1 year, you earn 25% and thereafter, you earn the remaining stock on a monthly basis.

Cofounder 48

Cofounder Cap Table Equity Vesting 48

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of 2010, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends for your business. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. It's a unique approach, and one we'd love to discuss with entrepreneurs and their investment sources. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans. 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube View More » Business Facebook to Raise Series E Funding wi.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Technical Review Social Media 83

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships. SaaS Sales Team Compensation â?? Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. “My IP” – produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Xtranormal. Presentation tools. Login System. Social functionality.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of 2010, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends for your business. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. It's a unique approach, and one we'd love to discuss with entrepreneurs and their investment sources. Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans. 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube View More » Business Facebook to Raise Series E Funding wi.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. Double-down on great people, process & IP.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Note that many of the recommendations include sales / promotions in red font to capture more attention. million in sales pipeline influenced. Furthermore, they could have tied these two things together to close the sale by telling me why I should do business with them instead of going somewhere else. Increase overseas sales.

Web 48

Web Software Review Jordan Technical Review 48

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

It became clear to me that the mission of marketing in most companies has to be to support sales. While this may seem obvious to anyone not in sales and marketing, trust me, in a technology company this is a conceptual breakthrough. But without sales there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company.

Silicon Valley 126

Silicon Valley RSS Non-Compete California 126

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

They use geo/ip to work out where I am. Shows me again if the product is in stock. Underneath are two, mostly likely stock, photos of Farmers "Chuck" and "Frank" bearing copy that is almost certainly lawyer-approved – it is bereft of any passion. I press a button and – boom! – Music!

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Web Design Marketing Security 164

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 I learned how to establish sales targets and how to manage a sales pipeline. I never built Google. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Passion Cannot be Outsourced. Pyramid Power.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40