David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Like me, he had the pleasure/pain of being trained as an investment banking analyst. I couldn’t find one online, so I built it.

Employee 155

Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. If you’re going to leave, go do another startup?

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. If you’re going to leave, go do another startup?

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176