Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. As Venture Capital emerged as an industry in the mid 1970’s, investors in venture-funded startups began to give stock options to all their employees.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. Too Much Capital. There is too much capital coming into tech investing.
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ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2021
Not only are they trying to get their inspired endeavor up and running, but they also are struggling to acquire the much-needed capital to actually successfully fund the startup. In the past, securing capital was not unlike fielding an organized racket at the hands of predatory bankers and other similar types of lenders.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Non of this academic stuff. Entrepreneurs always struggle with competing priorities and manage expenses very closely. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor.
techcrunch.com
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
One independent expert on the VC industry told me recently that there really is no “venture capital” today, only “continuation capital. You had better have proven revenue, explosive growth, and an exit right around the corner if you want anything more that seed capital. Translation? was the worst ever.
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