Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

An exit strategy is a method by which entrepreneurs and investors, especially those that have invested large sums of money in startup companies, transfer ownership of their business to a third party, or by which they recoup money invested in the business. See Also What Startups Need to Know About Exit Strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company.

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Kodorra

JANUARY 4, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a lock-up period in their Regulation S where investors are unable to cash out their investment for up to one year. Because regulation and governance are tighter around securities, so is liquidity. Some regulators, such as U.S

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Haystack

OCTOBER 13, 2019

At the end of 2016, folks in the startup tech ecosystem looked toward 2017’s impending “uncertainty.” ” Then at the end of 2017, the same worry about 2018; rinse and repeat last year, looking toward 2019. I call this “trimming hedges” and “planning for a rainy day” mentality.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Building a startup there is, of course, still an enormously hard thing to do, but there are lots that have made it big enough to create scores of millionaires through their option schemes. That’s great for the startups because option holders are often happy to work for lower salaries. Startup general interest'

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! Almost certainly the startup would have raised some capital. Go do a startup. Startup Advice'

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

2021 was a banner year for Israeli startups, breaking new records in fundraising, new unicorns, and exits. Israeli startups are on fire. According to the 2021 Tech Review report by IVC , Israeli tech startups attracted a record of $25.6 Exits of Israeli startups in 2021 reached $82.4 What comes next? Where are we now?

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