The Equity Kicker

JUNE 6, 2016

When I look in my traffic sources now it’s all Twitter, Facebook, Google and aggregators like Mattermark, channels where posting daily makes much less of a difference. In summary, posting frequency no longer effects distribution. So I’ve posted pretty much every working day for nearly ten years now.

Equity 60

Equity Aggregator Valuation Distribution 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Management Team. In that case, you can dispense with details about the management team, funding requirements, and traction, and instead treat the executive summary as an overview of the strategic direction of the company, to ensure that all team members are on the same page. Distribution. Retail Distribution.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. This is a good thing. (I

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San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It’s as though we forgot the management mantra of the 90′s about “core competencies&# or the most common VC advice to entrepreneurs: Focus. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds.

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Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 4) help nurture and grow the companies they invest in.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2013

Last month, the 17-year-old sold Summly , his news-aggregation app, to Yahoo for a reported $30 million! Two-time entrepreneur Jordan Eisenberg, founder of UrgentRX warns that, “Few things in a start up are more important than carefully managing cash. That’s why so many entrepreneurs try to leverage equity.

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Curation Silicon Valley Startup Jordan 61

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 7, 2015

My whole point in writing this is to make compensation part of normal conversations between a manager and a team member. This requires the manager making it comfortable (without negative stigma), and the employee approaching it maturely. Compensation is fundamentally a data-driven process for companies. How can you go about that?

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Aggregator Conversion Employee Management 48

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. It managed to attract partnerships with 800 Israeli businesses, making it one of the most attractive shopping apps in Israel - combining check-ins with coupons.

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Incubator Startup Florida 99

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. What is the hardest part of managing your finances? The possible answers are: one, need for funding, two, working capital and expense management, three, taxes, four, technology. Two, working capital and expense management.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Editor’s note: Robert Wiltbank, PhD , is a professor at Willamette University, where he and Wade Brooks run an angel investing fund managed by second-year MBA students. as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. and the U.K.,

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Reid Hoffman

JULY 8, 2019

But it’s not just that the Foundation has been effective at aggregating and analyzing the “whos,” “whats,” “wheres,” “whens,” and “hows” of huge global challenges like childhood mortality. This key principle is one that many would-be change-makers – be they product managers or philanthropists – overlook. Gender equity lifts everyone.”.

Senegal 28

Senegal Malawi Silicon Valley Global 28

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Marc Hedlund of Wesabe talked about this in his post-mortem stating: Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. 3 – Not the right team.

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Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These post level items are aggregated into a dashboard view and measurements of sentiment, trending, and relative status are calculated. For brand marketers, merchandisers, and social media marketing managers social media monitoring is top of the funnel for social interactions and is essentially a social inbox that feeds their work processes.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Viral Channel 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.”

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. Executive management is typically the key participant, however, participation may be determined by time of service or benefits can be given to all employees. Participation. Allocation.

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Retention Liquidation Preference Employee Common Stock 31

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. This is the blog post I needed to read.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84