Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2023

Earlier last year, one of my partners told me that I’d developed a reputation with other VCs (presumably our partner funds ) that I hate crypto. I sold the FIL I got from investing in their SAFT as it vested (daily) and was amazed at how much money resulted. A few others said some versions of all governments are Ponzi schemes.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Consider reputations & backgrounds. Also remember that it might not make sense to pitch to investors who already have a vested interest in businesses and brands that will be competitors to your startup, since this could put you in a more precarious position. Keep your cards close to your chest.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

And that, in turn, leads to a facility with a better reputation that can attract the best nurses and workers from competitors with less stringent practices. It’s the only long-term solution available and one that the US has a vested interest in pursuing as soon as possible. An Increase in Technology Investment.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Often, this happens because someone has a vested interest such as money, status, knowledge or reputation that places them in a position where the position calls the objectivity of their decision-making into question. A conflict of interest can occur when one party stands to benefit because of their position with another party.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s not the end of your career, your reputation has not be sullied, and there are still seats on rocketships waiting for you. The ‘average’ startup offers a 90 day period post employment where you have to exercise any vested stock options before forfeiting them back to the company. Extend Your Stock Option Exercise Period.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels, rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that they have less reputation to protect.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.  .  Needless to say, you should never do this. 

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Eric Friedman

JUNE 27, 2016

Total = 0.75% for 3 advisors that vest as you see fit to help you over the next 1–4 years (more on vesting below). Vesting Schedules. Advisors typically ask to vest in equal installments over 48 months. Another schedule is to use a traditional FTE grant; 4 year vesting with a 1 year cliff. Advisor 2 = 0.25%.

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Equity Vesting Cap Table Common Stock 98

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

When vetting lenders, shop around in order to find the most reputable providers and the lowest interest rates and then apply online (if online application services are available). Failing this, your options become thin however do not give up: think creatively and you’ll discover that there are indeed plenty of options available to you.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

SERPs don’t vest right away which means there’s a risk that they could lose the funds before they reach retirement age. Part of their reputation depends on carefully allocating surplus funds. SERP stands for supplemental executive retirement plan. SERPs aren’t deferred compensation plans. Bonus Plans. Bonus Plans.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Reputable private investors of this nature can be found all over the world, but often have strict requirements for funding. It’s important that the company show a required rate of return in the first couple of years and venture capitalists ask for large portions of the company in order to exercise voting rights and decision-making power.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Founder vesting is the most common example. And most VCs (including all of us at NextView) pride themselves on their reputation about keeping their word, not backing out of term sheets or renegotiating after they’ve been signed. Lawyers going back and forth on minute/inconsequential details, of course.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

The worst-case scenario is ignoring the warning signs and launching something that is unsafe or has failings that significantly damage your reputation. To avoid disasters like the Galaxy Note 7, it is important to be brutally honest in your technical feasibility assessment to determine if your hoped-for technology is at the bleeding edge.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 13, 2011

When you fire an employee immediately before a major block of stock options vest, what’s the right thing to do? Vest the options. But we know that our reputation as a business goes well beyond following our policies and contracts and try to do the right thing as circumstances dictate. Fess up, quickly and thoroughly.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The real value of a lawyer at the incorporation stage isn’t really in preparing the actual documents, but in helping you figure out what you need (LLC vs. corporation, what sort of vesting schedule makes sense, and so on). The Bad Habit Thats Killing Your Reputation at Work. September 18, 2012 (11:46). September 18, 2012 (10:32).

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

has built its reputation working with companies through challenging times, helping to analyze business opportunities and maximize tax savings. In today’s business world, success and influence are in the hands of those who share their ideas, not those who hold them close to the vest. Share Your Knowledge.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. Of course, many (probably most) high quality funds use a different model, with unequal carry and vesting based on seniority and other factors. . – Share and vesting of Carry. – Key man clause.

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Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

You have the Sand Hill Strip, where “reputable” firms like “Palo Alto Grand Investments” or “Burlingamio Ventures” want Joe to invest his body and soul, swing for the fences, hit the ball into the San Francisco Bay and become the next Sergei Zuckerberg. What should Joe do? Joe and Wayne make $5M each.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 26, 2011

There are many founder-friendly terms you can push for, from automatic acceleration to reduced vesting - but each risks reducing the alignment of interests between founders and investors. negotiable-but" means you can possibly win that fight, but it will damage your reputation in the process.) Wouldn't you like to?)

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2011

It’s been a crazy, busy, amazing ride and I have never been happier that I decided to join (plus I’m pretty sure this means some of my stock is now vested, so, woot!). Please hit me up for debates about influence, reputation, trust, and, although I hate the term, personal branding any day of the week.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2012

Whether or not the second wanted to pull the trigger, the last thing you want to get is a reputation for not having your stuff together on a first impression. So, in a year, this person is going to be working for a huge company post acquisition, tied up by equity vesting. In fact, both companies came off poorly. But they didn't.so

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Hiring Software Review Technical Review Startup 148

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

My internal compass says that “country-club” entrepreneurs struggle to make as big of an impact because it’s really hard to totally change a system that you’re part of and have a vested interest in. Your reputation won’t suffer if your business does. So positive chips are a great signal for me. You can evolve.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

My internal compass says that “country-club” entrepreneurs struggle to make as big of an impact because it’s really hard to totally change a system that you’re part of and have a vested interest in. Your reputation won’t suffer if your business does. Take Maker Studios. You can evolve.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect. vesting would in that situation force founders to toe the line.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Always have a vesting schedule. If you have to raise on a story but don’t have the reputation, something’s wrong. (You can choose not to be profitable, but it must be your choice, not something forced on you by the market). Split the stock between the founding team evenly. Make it clear from day one. Your authority as CEO is earned.

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Startup Ruby Technical Review Vesting 161

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Additionally, the large company has their own brand reputation at stake and most likely just isn’t used to working with small startups. In most white-label deals, the large company doesn’t want to bet their white-label app’s success on an unproven startup.

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Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 50

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Additionally, the large company has their own brand reputation at stake and most likely just isn’t used to working with small startups. In most white-label deals, the large company doesn’t want to bet their white-label app’s success on an unproven startup.

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Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 44

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Get your investors/advisors to congratulate the candidate on accepting so that it increases their enthusiasm while also increasing the reputational cost of withdrawing. . >> for telling the current manager — stay in close contact and prepare the candidate for a counter-offer from their company.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The danger here is that you ruin your reputation. It happens so oftenthat weve reversed our attitude to vesting. We still dont requireit, but now we advise founders to vest so there will be an orderlyway for people to quit. You launchsomething, the early adopters try it out, and if its no good theymay never come back.

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Transformify

MAY 10, 2023

Government Concerns and Interests Governments have a vested interest in properly regulating the employer-employee relationship and safeguarding the rights of workers. Remember, misclassification can lead to fines, reputational damage, restrictions on hiring contract workers, and potential limitations on operating in certain regions.

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United States Government California Vesting 52

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

So search engines have a vested interest in putting the best content front and center on their first page of search results. And your meaningful content will be backed up by research from other reputable sites, which you’ll link out to. To do so, they look at hundreds of metrics.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2017

TL;DR : Blogs, social media, and public endorsements are all noisy, and often false, signals about a person’s real reputation in the market. However, never underestimate the capacity for sophisticated players to whitewash their online reputations. And yes, that speaks for this blog and my own social media presence as well.

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Due Diligence Social Media Portfolio Vesting 48

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

Finding a programmer who will work in exchange for a vested interest is difficult; the alternative is to have and be willing to fork out dollars constantly for work you want done on your website. Suddenly, our operational risks “creeped” into becoming reputational risks. BBB complaints to attorneys are like blood to sharks.

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Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

Make a mark on the world, do the right thing, and let your hard-earned reputation connect the dots. While I purposely play my cards close to the vest, keeping names and brands out of the story, I believe the lessons in my unexpected journey are valuable. Just don’t ever give up.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Early employees are paid a salary from day 1, don't have to have the reputation/connections to raise money, take on much less risk, and often have much more information about the company (team so far, financials, product traction/progress) when they decide to join than the founders do when they found the company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Eric Ries : An indelible part of your reputation and this is laying the foundation for whatever the future of this company is going to be. A lot of people are literally doing if for their brand reputation but they didn't. But we'll build tools, we'll build reputation systems, we'll build flags, and the community will moderate itself.

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