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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. I can’t say his name yet because he hasn’t announced funding. My deal got dragged out and eventually never happened. Summary version? No chart was good. After that, all bets are off.&# August 2011.

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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

philipsmith.typepad.com

a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it. Posted by Philip Smith on January 23, 2010 at 02:55 PM in Business Management , Fundraising , Getting going. , Name and email address are required.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors. They basically cannot afford to expose themselves to any more risk in a particular name.

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How to Be an Angel Investor

www.paulgraham.com

Youllprobably get either preferred stock, which means stock with extrarights like getting your money back first in a sale, or convertibledebt, which means (on paper) youre lending the company money, andthe debt converts to stock at the next sufficiently big fundinground. [ The part I thought was hard, the mechanics of investing, reallyisnt.