Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. ► 2011. (2).

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David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

Make no mistake, this will be your company: you will take complete control and will get an unusually high equity stake. Since 1999, our partners have made over 150 investments in over 55 companies. However, if you have the financial flexibility to work for a below-market amount, we can be much more generous in equity.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants. Performance-based deals are healthy for all parties.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000). They are still individual investors, they invest on a full-time basis as professionals, but they have funds with Limited Partners. Super Angel.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

If you assume a 20% cost of capital (typical for equity, debt is generally cheaper), then getting an upfront payment for one additional year on a $10k MRR contract saves you $24k. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. ► 2011. (2). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2007. (10).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Altgate

MAY 1, 2009

I’m a visual person so here’s how I see it: Entrepreneurs start companies and the founders (“F&# in my chart) invest capital which they grow with sweat equity and then limited partners (“LPs&# ) invest capital via VCs which in turn grows the pie to the eventual “exit&# (which comes in the form of M&A or IPOs).

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011). Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Capital Markets Advisory Partners cleaves the demand for pre-public VC-backed equities into two worlds: “Demand Pull (Buzz) and Supply Push (No Buzz) companies. On August 11, 2011 Dan Primack wrote on this topic in Term Sheet and concluded differently: “I believe that the current Internet bubble is economic.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 22, 2008

An interesting nugget from Fred’s post : Eric Archambeau of Wellington Partners was on the panel and he described some research work he and some associates did a while back. You know how when you’re benchmarking public equities the data sets always leave out performance from the 1929 crash and most of the following decade?

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Altgate

JANUARY 4, 2009

We’re already starting to see layoffs at the large private equity funds where Blackstone , Carlyle and American Capital announced staff cuts between 7% and 19% in December. Those first to be cut will be the associates and principals at the larger funds, but expect to see some partners leaving as well. Bookmark the permalink.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. Dan Kimerling: In 2011 and 2012, I was working at a startup doing payment processing.

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

I say ecosystem as opposed to industry because it is not just the VC funds themselves that are imploding, instead the collapse includes entrepreneurs and startups that were funded by VCs, angel investors, service providers like lawyers, bankers and accountants as well as limited partner investors in VC funds. trillion as late as last month.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In 2007, Paul Graham gave a variety of causes for startup death in How Not To Die. In early 2011, I wrote a post, Startups: Not for the faint of heart , that discussed Parse.ly’s survival through a one-year bootstrapping period after Dreamit Ventures Philly ’09. Note: I’m not talking about equity.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. Thanks alot!

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. ► 2011. (7).

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Yeah, that was 2011, that Churchill event. And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Yeah, that was 2011, that Churchill event. And it was 2007. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. I introduced my partners, we spent weeks with the team and felt good rapport.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. I was looking for what you teach back in January 2007 and couldn’t find it anywhere. The rest of the services are for paying members only.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Bank of Israel has also forecast 4% growth in 2010, though 2011 growth is seen slightly lower at 3.8% owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. The CBS further expects consumer spending to grow 4.6% in 2010 following a smaller 1.7% following a 5.8%

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Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

  Not surprisingly, WSGR Partner Yokum Taku, who I've previously written about , is the key co-conspirator behind making this tool public.    There are three categories (startup, equity financing and bridge loans) so we can expect more to come.   Building that must have been crazy. . 

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