Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? Convertible equity? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” A convertible note financing is not a loan in the conventional sense. Convertible debt?

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

August 21, 2012. For example: Don’t accept equity compensation (stock shares) without knowing the percentage of the company you’ll own. To begin answering this question, I started on a quest to understand startup financing. From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.”

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Salary Equity Startup San Francisco 50

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

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Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. While private equity has a history in the U.S.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. ► 2012. (1). I immediately jumped up and called "b t". Not exactly extensive diligence.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

ithacaVC

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Here is a post from October 2012. And here is a post from November 2012. There’s a reason it’s so difficult to figure out – valuations have little basis in reality for early stage companies. Early stage companies often don’t have revenue or have revenue so low, it’s not a real indicator of future potential.

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Valuation Startup Down Round Early Stage 69

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Kennet has a white paper on that summarizes why bootstrapped businesses are the best.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay. For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. Mr. Fralic earned his BS in Finance from Villanova University and his MBA from St.

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Anonymizer raised a small amount of equity and was able to build a business that became very profitable. Newer Post.

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet 28

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Post a Comment. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

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. 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

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. Valuation at this stage is clearly much more art than science, but I subscribe to the splitting up the pie school of thought. ► 2012. (1). November 22, 2009 2:03 AM.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). ProfessorVC.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. As you know, I started a company in 2012 focused on the question of open banking. We were just too early. That scares me.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. Whether you buy this or not for public equities, the market for early stage private companies has always been wildly inefficient.

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Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital 28

Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? this stage when the company can justify a higher. Fewer investors will take common stock in early stage transactions. It’s only human for the entrepreneur to want to retain as much equity as possible and for the investor to want to minimize risk.

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Entrepreneur Valuation Sweat Equity Common Stock 60

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Angel investments are highly risky and I would estimate that over 90% provide no return to equity investors. February 9, 2012 7:40 PM. February 11, 2012 11:00 PM. April 12, 2012 11:10 AM. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? ► 2012.

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SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

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. On that front, I take pride in the second headline with news that Fliqz , where I am CFO, just closed on $6 million in Series C financing. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC). ► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Why do I do it?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return. The average equity fund investor earned a market return of only 4.25%. This may make sense from the individual perspective of a given VC, but collectively it ensures that early-stage companies are overvalued.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It could come back and hit you in the face during a deposition Make sure that your co-founders have the right skills and commitment before doling out equity. If there are any promises (written, verbal or otherwise) regarding equity, address early rather than later. Labels: equity , Facebook. ► 2012. (1).

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Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? Friday, August 31st, 2012. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. View Staff Page.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

mporat.tumblr.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Principal at Genesis Partners, an early-stage Israeli VC. How Much Seed Financing Should You Raise? Making Your Life Simpler - Part 1 of Trends to Watch in 2012. Then, lure them with what you’ve got - equity, interest, flexibility and fun.    . Follow @mporat. December 14, 2011.

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Cofounder Founder Retention 41

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

6, 2012, 1:09 AM. |. Many if not most seed investments in startups these days are done in the form of convertible debt, which is a loan that can convert to equity in a subsequent financing. The whole point is to provide a fast, easy form of financing that avoids wrestling over valuation. Finance Jobs. Clusterstock.

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Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Despite, the negative trends noted above in terms of overall volume and the later-stage nature of IPOs, the good news is that we have seen areas of innovation and progress in the market over the past few years. Importantly as well, the positive implications of the 2012 JOBS Act cannot be understated.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Seed Startups.

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