Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. In 2007 the Ministries of Science and Finance raised the stakes to get VC’s focused on funneling more VC money into growing startups – they set up a Venture Guiding Fund. The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The deal was done in late 2007.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees - crowdspring.co/1bCrvce. Tech hubs have better inequality performance since 2007 than other large cities. The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees – crowdspring.co/1bCrvce. Well done, DHL! Body Language, Non-Verbal Cues, and Small Business - crowdspring.co/1oHulQl.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

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Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Panel 2 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Other Alternatives.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Gender lens investing is part of the broader genre of “impact investing,” a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 that put a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental impact. Research shows that this is simply not true.

Private Equity 54

Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) is the trade association representing women and diverse private equity and venture firms. Department of Commerce & the Minority Business Development Agency, between 2002 and 2007, diverse-owned firms outpaced the growth of non-diverse firms in gross receipts and employment.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us?

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged angel funding , Equity Split , founder equity , technology. Is the dilution of co-founders counterbalanced by other factors? Is it worth it or not? Bookmark the permalink.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Unfortunately, he was fired and all of that potential equity disappeared. I have been running a PR Firm, Whitegate PRINC since 2007. Thanks to Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls ! #2- 2- Noah Kagan. Photo Credit: Bruce Harpham. He had the good fortune to be an early employee at Facebook. 10- My story in utilizing life force energy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. Yesterday was a Monday.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney. Even without cash you have many ways to outsource.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. In 2014, the company raised $28 million in shareholder equity. Collison co-founded Auctomatic in 2007 when he was a teenager. Source: Pexels.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 1, 2010

To the right of that are five charts one each for: Current Equity Equity at Hire Base Salary Target Bonus Actual Total Cash Each of these bar charts shows the respective compensation for the management team on a percentile scale (compared to the cohort). I would love to hear your thoughts. Bookmark the permalink.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2020

The Ferd Company has investments in Nordic Stock Exchange and has handsome private equity. In 2007, the two sisters got shares totaling to 42.2% Their father is Johan H. Andresen, who owns Ferd-an investment company managing hedge funds. ownership of the firm. Gustav Magnar Witzoe. At the age of 27, Gustav Magnar is worth $2.3

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Equity Equation. by Nivi on July 19th, 2007. As this nuclear winter of venture hacks continues, I thought you might enjoy our thoughts on Paul Graham’s The Equity Equation. ” Read the rest of The Equity Equation first; it is great. You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation.

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Equity Cap Table Valuation RSS 40

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. 166M round closed Dec 2007. Pre-IPO Funding History: Kayak has raised approximately $235M in VC funding to date. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

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. Of 1M/1M he says, “The value of your program is amazing.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Though my career began in politics, in 2007 I helped start a company called Taxi Magic, one of those companies that had the crazy idea of letting you hail a cab with your phone. When Taxi Magic attempted to demonstrate that they tried to recruit an American to fill the role, they were rejected because I owned too much equity in the company.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States.

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Private Equity Cofounder Equity Venture Capital 82

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. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

Sweat equity or salary? We engineers know that need to be agile in a startup and be able to scrap code and rebuild, but want we don’t want is to have a founder who manic or aimless.

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Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? No loss of equity, at least until they convert at Series A. How much equity should be given to employees?

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us?

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 4:46 AM Good read but.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Lastly, once you have this framework in place, make sure to benchmark your salary, bonus and equity for each position in your company using CompStudy data which allows you to narrowly focus on companies that meet your profile and the executive position in question.

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Venture Capital Metrics Startup Software Review 47

YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2017

If you are asking others, especially strangers, to give you lots of money, don’t be surprised that they’ll want to see equity financing documents. The most important take-away: when an investor indicates their interest, have your equity financing documents ready. Pro Tip: Equity Financing Documents. Don’t ask them to wait.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

When I joined GRP Partners in 2007 I was offered a role as a General Partner. Who cares what my equity is. The compensation at the time was much less than what others told me a general partner at a VC firm would get. My philosophy was simple. “I’ve never been a VC before. So they’re taking a bit of a risk on me. .

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. By screening hundreds of SMB acquisition opportunities as managing partner at my private equity firm, I saw first-hand that the vast majority of small business owners run their firms without the benefit of good financial or operating metrics.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 70

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Employee ownership gives these entrepreneurs this autonomy as well as equity in the startup! The first iPhone came out in 2007 but didn’t make its way mainstream until 2010, when apps were released for purchase on iTunes. Innovation Centers. Now it’s one of the most used social media sites in the world.

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