www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I hesitate to use a quote from one of the greatest people ever to grace planet earth, and certainly the question of how to structure early stage investment is a laughable cause as compared to the rights that Ghandi (also a lawyer) fought to advance.  and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes. Then you win.”

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I also encourage people to have one really fun thing to do each day, even if that IS watching a Netflix show you love or going for a walk or bike ride or to a movie. Such a team can also often do the work for you, which helps to ratchet-up your effectiveness. Something outside of work to reward yourself for your work. 14- Six tips.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2015

It’s packed so full of useful information, references to studies, examples, and well thought through analysis, that you’ll get a very fleshed-out version of how to help the people you work with achieve great results. What creates that is hiring the right people. Creativity comes most easily when people feel relaxed and at ease.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Back to today’s summit, here are my high-level takeaways: 1/ Like it or not, enough people are curious about “pre-seed” that lots of people showed up to this event.

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2015

The version of “anti-dilution protection” that most benefits outside investors is commonly called a “full ratchet.” As a middle ground on the “anti-dilution clause” you should be pushing for what’s called a “partial ratchet.” As the small business owner, the goal is just to understand how to negotiate the clause to serve you best.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Ratchet up your company’s social networking posts. Besides, most people like the feeling that their company is giving back in a substantial way. You don’t have to micromanage; simply make everyone aware that you’re serious about keeping the workflow going. This will not only get you a little PR, but it will also show some goodwill.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

And, rather than rational and helpful thoughts for entrepreneurs, it often brings out the schadenfreude in even the most talented people. I’ve seen every imaginable type of liquidation preference structure, pay-to-play dynamic, preferred return, ratchet, share/option bonus, option repricing, and carveout.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Most people expect to have some workplace festivities, so don’t let them down. Gather your thought leaders together for a discussion of what you can do in the coming 12 months to ratchet up sales and blow the roof off your revenue stream. Plan a workplace celebration. Manage client expectations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

We’ve invited some deservedly well-known experts—people like Steve Blank, Laura Klein, Cindy Alvarez, Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits, Janice Fraser and Ash Maurya—to share their insights. In building the program for this year’s Lean Startup Conference , we’ve tried to strike a balance. But we’ve also sought out new voices.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Him: But then what if people don’t want to pay that price?

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 7, 2013

I’ve had several people ask me since we started, “Cool. Gaming is going to blow up once these connections start happening, starting with when Apple flips the AppleTV to become a gaming console complete with the App Store people know and love. Dragon Army is a mobile gaming studio. Why exactly?”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2016

Not so long ago people would have called you crazy for suggesting that PR and SEO could be friends. Or you used strange language constructs that didn’t flow, but more closely matched what people were likely to type into a search engine. Three Ways PR and SEO Can Be Best Friends written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2018

John Jantsch: In fact, you could make a case for, and some people do, that hyper focus can actually be a detriment. You know, there’s a lot of people in ADHD world that treat hyperfocusness, if that’s a word. A lot of that involves ratcheting down how stimulated we are by default because I think you got it right.

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ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

That is a hefty sum (and over the life of a fund, can amount to a large amount of management fee; most funds have a life of 10 years and the management fee often ratchets down after 5 years). This is one area that is often overlooked by people not familiar with venture capital. So, for VC1, that would be $2mm a year.

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Babbling VC

DECEMBER 12, 2010

I believe it was a bit less (as they like to count staff and people working sponsor stands in these numbers) but even if it was 2500, it was still a lot. People from all over the place were in attendance and to me it seemed like far more people came out from the States. The space in all three buildings was always quite full.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  Some people will talk about this as a “multiple,” i.e., “I expect ten times my investment back.”   I find this to be imprecise because it doesn’t encapsulate the element of time. If you look at the spreadsheet, you will see that the “Required Rate of Return” is expressed as an IRR. times at 5 years and 11.39 times at six years.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

.” As he told BBC News , “There’s only one strategy for growth we can have now and that is rolling up our sleeves and doing everything possible to make it easier for businesses to grow, to invest, to take people on.” ” Similarly, British students are taking to entrepreneurship in ever increasing numbers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In this episode, April Rinne talks about her new book Flux and the 8 powerful mindset shifts that enable people of all ages to thrive in a time of unprecedented change and uncertainty. These eight superpowers empower people to see change in new ways, craft new responses, and reshape their relationship to change from the inside out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 7, 2009

As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. Starting instead from a position where feedback cycle time is the priority and allowing quality to ratchet up as the product matures provides a more natural lead in to continuous deployment.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

A lot of people think early stage and seed is really risky, but risk is a function of return—and returns are a function of price. Sometimes they have various ratchets and other bells and whistles that protect their downside further, like when Square IPO’d. What it does bring to mind for me is the perception of risk.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. As always, this is a fictionalized account; Im blending several people Ive known into a single composite.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

Investors can delay until you’re desperate and then ratchet the terms. I’ve heard so many people say some variant. You’ve managed to hire a couple good people. It’s not just cofounders. Partners can break their contracts. Suppliers can fail to deliver. Employees can blackmail or extort you.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We ratcheted that up a lot in the last year, which is why we added the following statement in as one of our 14 Core Values : Think Global, Act Local. Think Global, Act Local. At Return Path , we have always had a commitment to community service and helping make the world around us a better place.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 18, 2011

The hero’s dorm mates ask, “How many people are you going to tell?&# And he replies: “The really important question is: How many people will THEY tell ?&# In great detail, the ad explained what went on “beneath the dial&# with beautiful pictures showing dozens of interlocking ratchets, with wheels within wheels.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In Silicon Valley boardrooms, where “growth at all costs” had been the mantra for many years, people began to imagine a world where the cost of capital could rise dramatically, and profits could come back in vogue. Moreover, once high-flying startups began to struggle on the fundraising trail. Anxiety slowly crept into everyone’s world.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

How do you raise capital for your company when you’re not in the traditional social circles of the money people? That sales process is harder when strangers are biased against people like you. No matter your color or sexual orientation, people like to back people that just are just plain likeable.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Other links: The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future is Now (HBR), Space Station Builds 3D-Printed Ratchet Wrench (NASA), Shapeways.com (3D printing marketplace). Peter: That is one thing I always tell people, especially if you’re doing this for the first time. Then what we can do is start to count the number of people.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

Out of the Crisis #5 is a conversation with three people who pivoted their biotech company to help fight the coronavirus. People are talking about a vaccine that could be ready in 18 months or 24 months, but that feels a long way off. I'm not sure if that's being used as a part of people's calculation. But I do think it is.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

White House advisers warned that additional trade measures related to steel, aluminum and other products from China could be coming, a signal that Mr. Trump is ratcheting up the protectionist policies he has long espoused as part of his “America First” approach. billion) globally from January through November 2017, according to customs data.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

This could be coupled with an equally massive disinformation campaign to the Taiwanese people, pointing out to them that the United States won’t go to war over a semiconductor company, and that China’s requests are fair and reasonable. and that China ill enforce an embargo of any TSMC sales to American-affiliated companies.

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