Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Progress milestones become management objectives.

Term Sheet 433

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 433

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Progress milestones become management objectives.

Term Sheet 140

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Portfolio 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2014

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Progress milestones become management objectives.

Term Sheet 237

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2015

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Progress milestones become management objectives.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Angel Investor 120

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split. And they hire very aggressive securities attorneys to represent their interests.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that if I could help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), that would be the foundation of a robust, distributed, and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to a trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116