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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

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Silicon Valley Frontlines. Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). Tech Business Environment. » January 23, 2010.

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On the Road to Recap:

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Ironically, Carreyou is not a Silicon Valley-focused reporter, and the success of the piece served as a wake-up call for other journalists who may have been struck by Unicorn fever. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. The typical Silicon Valley term sheet does not include such terms.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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Let’s review all of our existing investments. On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. And don’t think tech will remain immune.

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