Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Enthusiastic startup founders may try to deflect or minimize these questions in true media-training style, so you need to be patient, calm, and persistent to get the whole story. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better. Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. And he said ok got it.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price? Every year I invited my largest investors to NYC to have an LPAC meeting (Limited Partner Advisory Committee?—?kind Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

He is currently CEO of Bubbly, a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. I recommend partnering with a VC if possible, as it increases the exposure and quality of turnout for the event. Make the benefits of startups and stock options very clear. Birds of a feather flock together.

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Silicon Valley Asia Engineer Stock Options 121

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. These options were granted shortly after MySpace, Inc. of MySpace, Inc.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media just gave a really valuable talk at the International Startup Festival in Montreal titled "Investing in Your Influencers." These are people with whom you can share some type of value, but not tangible value like stock options or payment.

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Advisory Board Balance Sheet Silicon Valley Cofounder 135

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). The final straw came when I asked the latest 25-year old a simple ‘yes / no’ question related to stock options. Got it now.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. or the next Google. Previous Entries.

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Small Business Force

MARCH 1, 2013

With social media, word of mouth will spread. If you can, though, find a way to make them owners, as early as possible through stock options or a bonus plan tied to company results. With Suppliers � Treat them as partners They are entrepreneurs just as much as you are. They will be your best sales people!

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Trust me, once you’ve launched and achieved traction, you’ll have your pick of mentors, VCs, partners and all the legal expenses you need. Partner up? No legal muck.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84