Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). People often ask me what VCs look for when we hire partners and many have asked how to become VCs themselves one day. That turns out to be much more difficult than non-investors often imagine.

Partner 408

Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot. All Earnest investments are made using the Shared Earnings Agreement (SEAL) – a custom salary/profit share structure, aligned with how most bootstrapped founders are compensated.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A follow-up post, titled The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue , on June 5, 2015, explained this further: Pre-Seed is the New Seed. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82