Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

I like to say that “there are only co-founders” — it’s extraordinarily rare for a successful business to have just a sole founder. But not all co-founders are equal in terms of title, ownership, responsibilities, and so forth. Sometimes co-founders put off the equity split question for some time.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly , a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web’s best publishers. He blogs at pixelmonkey.org , where this post originally appeared. He wrote: When startups die, the official cause of death is always either running out of money or a critical founder bailing.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly More on Liquidation Preferences → Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin Here’s a chart of the day worth sharing.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

If you have a technical background and you are focused on product development, consider a co-founder with a sales and marketing background that can focus on selling your world class product. This helps to better divide the work, make people accountable, and show investors just why each founder/hire is key to the organization.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Member Coordinator. Bookkeeper.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product. You have finally found a cofounder that can take care of the startup. If you are getting funded for the first time, which means that you have not diluted the shares of your company, you will be receiving Series A funding. cases you will fail. Commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. Entrepreneurs want less cash because they want to control dilution and preserve exit options at lower prices.

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www.avc.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

To be clear, these are hires we are talking about, not co-founders. Co-founders are an entirely different discussion and I am not talking about them in this post. The other important data point is the number of fully diluted shares. And this blog doesn't come with end user support. Posted in MBA Mondays.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I was reading one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs, VentureHacks, this weekend and noticed that they are running a long piece on how to pick a co-founder. If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. You’ll be fine.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. It’s always better to be earn money, not just raise it, as money you earn doesn’t dilute your ownership and reassures your investors. It’s always better to be earn money, not just raise it, as money you earn doesn’t dilute your ownership and reassures your investors.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, we pivoted towards building a business around the unique tastemaker talents of one of our founders, Bradford Shellhammer. I’m a deeply emotional person.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

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Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 8, 2013

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. “Be careful not to have too many co-founders; it’s the most expensive dilution you’ll ever face.” Cheers, Scott. Top 5 Tweets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

They had their own private forum, and a company founder (aka me) personally ran the group in its early days. Every time you listen to customers, you fear diluting your vision. They had their own private forum, and a company founder (aka me) personally ran the group in its early days. Here’s what it looks like.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., Besides the future potential earnings youre forgoing, youre also diluting your own ownership in the company. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Still in business today and run by my co-founder. I decided I wasn’t passionate about running an ad-supported business and sold my stake to my co-founder. I failed to do that with Coremetrics and I paid dearly for it with dilution. Best, Brett” Note: this was originally posted on my blog at Lucky7.io

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

6 Key Tactics Agencies Use to Help Local Businesses Rank Higher in Google written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. However, when you do this, you sacrifice your credibility and dilute your link authority. 3) Co-create content with other authorities in your niche market.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

This is the third of three blog posts on financial modeling for startups. In particular, this model is designed to help all team members understand the impact of dilution on their options. Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

It’s also a great way to get inspiration for blogging. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. No funding and you are trying to get exposure, you have exhausted Twitter, Facebook and a blog.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 11, 2011

SEOmoz founder and figurehead Rand Fishkin wrote a typically transparent, thoughtful blog post about his struggle of whether to raise a Series B. SEOmoz founder and visionary Rand Fishkin is struggling with whether he should personally award himself millions of dollars from his company. All rational. You really do deserve it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example. And as everyone’s attention starts to focus on those same indicators, their value is being diluted. And how could they possibly review a blog? If our goal is just to create a blog or a YouTube video as a hobby, there’s no need for this kind of rigorous process.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

This is the first of several blog posts discussing pre-seed rounds. Just yesterday, for instance, we saw a company raising a seed round that has no product and two founders … and we also saw a company raising a seed with hundreds of thousands of dollars of monthly revenue. technical co-founder). Tweet this.).

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2013

” “Do you trust – really trust – your prospective business partners and cofounders?” ’ But if you do that, your efforts will be diluted. I have a category called advice on my blog at Planning Startup Stories. His list of 20 includes these short gems: “Never confuse activity with progress.”

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Rob Go

JUNE 10, 2013

Each could be a few blog posts in and of themselves. Most other things that founders do are a waste of time. For some reason most founders are really bad at this one. Journalists like hearing directly from founders. It’s standard for founders to keep board control in the first round. Orignal link here.

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Diego Basch

MAY 1, 2013

In the worst case scenario, no employees (including the founders) receive a payout at the end of the journey. In the 100M case, the founders are set for life. ” If during all that time Joe had been working as hard as the founders while making a shitty salary, he will feel like he got a raw deal. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. They said that they didn’t want the extra money or dilution.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Adeo Ressi , the founding member of TheFunded , recently announced the establishment of TheFunded Founder Institute. The Founder Institute helps founders launch innovative companies by providing training, services, and company-building assignments, such as incorporating the business, filing provision patents, and setting up books and records.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. But Wall Street expects Incredible Software Co. On a growth adjusted revenue multiple basis, Solid Software Co.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

In fighting to have developers checking in code dictate production releases, you risk looking unreasonable and diluting a powerful message that everyone should agree on: "small batches of changes that are automatically and continuously tested" June 15, 2009 7:55 PM Matthew D Edwards said. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

If your company hasn’t raised a Series A, increase the advisor’s equity by roughly 30%-50% to account for dilution from seed investors, Series A investors, option pools, swimming pools, and the like. Reply Trackback responses to this post Advisory Board Compensation for your Startup : Texas Startup Blog - Nov 3, 2008 [.]

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Kevin’s offer seems to be pretty attractive given that there is no equity dilution. But this constraint is at odds with the founders vision. One of the cofounders, the sweatier one, said that he was interested in equity upside. He had originally wanted to sell only 10%, but now was looking at 25% dilution.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Fab.com Bradfords Blog Fab Feed. Co-locate as best possible but be willing to travel to remote offices to make multiple offices work. Position your desk in a way in which you are staring at your co-founders and they are staring at you. Don’t skimp on fundraising because of dilution fears. This is tricky.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Reading on, the term sheet states, “The $8 million pre-money valuation includes an option pool equal to 20% of the post-financing fully diluted capitalization.&# First, the option pool only dilutes the common stockholders. Do you mean the shares go to the founders? You call your lawyer: “What the fuck?!&#

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