Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Things like “ participating preferred stock &# in legalese unsurprisingly never actually call out, “hey, this is the participating preferred language.&# We got a3x participating liquidation preference with interest (not participating with a 3x cap, but 3x participating.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. The first company started as a BBQ catering business, and eventually focused in on their most popular product, a dip made of blended up chicken plus various sauces. BACK 9 DIPS.
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 1, 2012
pre money valuation). Cuban has interest in a gluten free diet, and claimed that he liked the company, but his only concern was valuation. Since an early exit caps the upside potential, getting in at the right, low valuation is necessary to be able to make a high multiple on your investment. This would never happen in real life.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. 90% investor product vision. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. Looks good.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 25, 2016
On Friday it seemed like everyone in the venture capital industry was again reading about market turmoil, this time the news is that angel investors are pulling back and valuations taking a hit. I would summarise that as getting the fundamentals right – from great product, through unit economics to stakeholder alignment.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Next, we check that we’re safe from any particularly onerous terms like participation preferred. 90% investor product vision. The latter means products, analytics, optimisations, and developers. Looks good.
thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
David Crow writes in his article “ Founders versus Early Employees “, “Remember the goal is to incent early employees to have an emotional ownership of the product and company they are building. After all, I essentially created the product. already some initial funding does the company already have a valuation?
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