David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

" "Because the light is so much better" The US financial regulatory apparatus looks terrible now because of the Madoff scandal (which was not a hedge fund) and the 2008 financial meltdown (caused by the large banks/mortgage companies, bad regulation, quasi-government agencies like Fannie/Freddie, and consumers who took on too much debt).

Networking 122

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. At the end of the Private Equity World conference, I served as a judge for the LatAm Start-Up Battle, which took place at The LAB Miami. (from my guest column in the Miami Herald ).

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

They even suggested that I should get less equity in the company because I didn’t bring the same amount of skill to the table.” They were just about to launch their product when the financial collapse happened in 2008. . “They treated me like anyone could handle the business side of the deal, like I was replaceable.

Partner 126

Partner Cost Technical Review Cofounder 126

Board Effect

MARCH 22, 2022

The regulatory changes for the banking industry never seemed to end between 2008—2019. Where employment is low or where women and minorities struggle to find work, community banks can support diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing quality jobs. . Advocacy is necessary to keep pace with vast regulatory changes. .

Community 98

Community Technical Review Agile Non-Compete 98

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

But investors with grey hair can remember the nuclear winter after the past recessions of 2000 and 2008 and can offer some historical patterns of crashes and recovery to CEOs running early stage startups – some who weren’t born when the crash of 1987 hit, were 10 years old in the crash of 2000 and 18 in the last crash of 2008.

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Burn Rate Startup Valuation Sales Cycle 436

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers have kept interest rates at near zero, flooding the market with cheap money in an attempt to restart growth. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This came in part due to the huge influx of money into VC but also because hedge funds and private equity shops with no VC experience wanted part of the action. Bu when you start to worry that the world is ending (as it seemed it was in late 2008 / early 2009) you tend to get worried about large burn rates.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

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 August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New business applications are the highest since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. Keep that in mind as you lie awake at night worrying about sales, or you are struggling to close an equity round. by LJ Suzuki, CFOShare.org. Is it crazy to start a business during the Covid-19 pandemic? I say it’s brilliant, and at least 1.1

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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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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Cofounder Founder 66

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.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Equity Crowdfunding: Your Solution for Small Business Financing? Small businesses haven’t had it easy since the dawn of the recession in 2008, but thankfully they’ve enjoyed a steady (if slow) recovery. In an Equity crowdfunding campaign, individuals aren’t backing a project in exchange for rewards; they’re investing in a business.

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Equity Finance Small Business Accredited Investor 60

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Katina Stefanova : Investors lost a lot of money in the 2008 crisis and became far more concerned about the risk profile of their portfolio.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

As SVP and CMO at GE since 2008, Comstock is responsible for two major initiatives that use the capabilities of the corporation to identify and implement the best ideas offered by the crowd. She is also a member of Nike’s Board of Directors and Trustee president of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.)

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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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Part-Time VPE Startup Salary Equity 39

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.] Blog at WordPress.com.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

has grown by seventeen times between 2008 and now. Home Equity Loan. A home equity loan is a great way to turn the existing value of your home into even more value. With a home equity loan, you can take out a loan on the value of your house that you’ve paid off so far. This equity serves as collateral for the loan.

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Finance Equity Canada Cost 124

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. He started enjoying success in 2008 when Inc. In 2014, the company raised $28 million in shareholder equity. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Ten years have passed since this crisis occurred. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 142

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). 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. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Private Equity sees infrastructure investing as uncorrelated diversification and has the additional upside of correcting any operational inefficiencies.

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Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 130

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. I gave Gio some advice on funding, which I will repeat here for all of you. This is important, so please listen up.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

It is a high net-worth individual who invests his or her own money directly into promising startup businesses in return for mostly equity share of the company. angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals in 2008, with most of the investments being made in start-up or very early-stage companies. What is an angel investor?

Angel Groups 51

Angel Groups Angel Investor Software Review Accredited Investor 51

Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

It is the first senior appointment to Chargify’s C-suite level team since it was first announced in April 2021 that Battery Ventures led a combined majority growth-equity investment of more than $150 million in Chargify and SaaSOptics.

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Revenue Georgia Texas Colorado 72

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.

Engineer 41

Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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). The relative performance of VC vs. the public markets is quite eye-opening. The median VC fund generated about 2.3x

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

4) Cash balance increase indicates a focus on M&A to drive further growth The past few months have also been marked by a few high profile equity and debt announcements - most notably SuccessFactors, Taleo and Saleforce.com. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) So what’s left?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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). The relative performance of VC vs. the public markets is quite eye-opening. The median VC fund generated about 2.3x

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

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

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was there that I met Eric Simone (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice) as well as Josh Baer (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice through his team building our first solution and getting paid primarily in equity versus cash). 2008 Harvard Business Review. Below is a post I wrote on their Yahoo!

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Employee ownership gives these entrepreneurs this autonomy as well as equity in the startup! Google Maps was introduced to us all in 2008, with Google Earth and Street View added a few years later. Innovation Centers. Now it’s one of the most used social media sites in the world.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2018

Where once the bank would have been the first port of call for a loan, the 2008 recession all but closed off this option for independent businesses – and it’s never fully re-opened. This can sometimes be nigh on impossible.

Security 214

Security Small Business Equity Stock 214

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). After a record low of 39 U.S.

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