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2022 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. 5/ The rise of operator angels + micro VCs explodes in 2021. 6/ Apple consolidates operating systems into Apple OS across phone, tablets, desktops, and cars. 3/ Bitcoin will break $30k.

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Beware of Premature Merge Elation

Both Sides of the Table

It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. If they raise a bunch of capital little ole you isn’t going to be around to have your option pool topped up. Many investors and management teams panic and get stranded without cash.

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Designing the Ideal Board Meeting – The Board Meeting

VC Adventure

Some prefer to start with the team in the room for the operational review and reserve the end of the board meeting for board business. The former is nice because you won’t be rushing to approve minutes, option grants, lease approvals or whatever else it is that you need done as “official business.”

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2021 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. 5/ The rise of operator angels + micro VCs explodes in 2021. I am bullish on this area in general, and genuinely excited to buy a piece of a team. 3/ Bitcoin will break $30k.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Office and Operations. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says.

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Building Convertible Debt into the Premoney Valuation

ithacaVC

The X and Y are negotiated, with the Y typically being a date shortly before the convertible debt is all used up by the company in its operations. Option pool: 500,000 shares (some issued, some reserved, but that is typically irrelevant as the whole pool is normally factored into the premoney share price calculation).

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.