Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

And for ones that do get sold often most of the employees don’t really make huge upside gains. But we had a term sheet !!! I remember an employee asking me whether I’d fill out their paperwork to get a home loan when we only had 3 months of cash in the bank. We now have to re-convince everybody? Been there.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

And for ones that do get sold often most of the employees don’t really make huge upside gains. But we had a term sheet !!! I remember an employee asking me whether I’d fill out their paperwork to get a home loan when we only had 3 months of cash in the bank. We now have to re-convince everybody? Been there.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Amazon priced it''s IPO in 1997 at approximately $500M (the $18 IPO price was an increase from the $12-$14 range) and first trade was at $29.25 We should also remember that Amazon went public at a time (Q2 1997) when many companies were pulling IPO filings because the market was beating up Internet valuations. or a market cap of $800M.

Las Vegas 28

Las Vegas IPO Pre-Money Valuation Valuation 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. All of these are false.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150