www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

What is Sweat Equity Worth? Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. Entrepreneurs often ask me how to value the sweat equity invested in their startup. But over the years, I have come to realize that sweat equity isn't the same thing as market value for your startup.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2013

American business magazine Forbes has announced its list of “ The Best Small Companies in America “ for 2013, with Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc topping the rankings of 100 small businesses based on earnings growth, sales growth and return on equity in the past 12 months and over five years.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Boston University Business Incubation. At Boston University, there’s an incredible array on business incubation opportunities. Although Syracuse offers a heavy amount of help, students are able to maintain 100% equity in their companies, making this a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded Syracuse students.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Should You Share Equity with Consultants? To grow his cash-strapped start-up, Parker ended up sharing equity -- not only with employees, but also with consultants and vendors. Parker found that equity as compensation helped build loyalty to his company -- even among consultants. But sharing equity can have pitfalls, too.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Equity is split 55% and 45%, but where is that officially recorded? The benefit of hiring Praveena is they think they could keep more equity and control of the company. But, Praveena hails from the land of big paychecks and is not ready to leave that without considerable equity. Time to update the cap table.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

I hope to meet some of the local investor and founder community when I visit Boston October 3-5: On October 3 evening , SMA is hosting a discussion on “ New Models for Engaging Talent: the On-Demand Professional ” at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf. The post Visiting Boston Oct. Details and RSVP.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. What are some pros and cons?

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

Jerry Johnson, RLJ Equity. Shaun Johnson, Boston Startup School. George Solomon, George Washington University. Glen Hellman, Driven Forward. Hannibal Bray, Infraredx. James Chung, George Washington University. Jeff Reid, Georgetown. Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu.com. Jim Booth, Orbotix. Jim Brinksma, Visible Arbitrage. John Casey, George Mason.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

But if you read the whole article you glean more insight… the entire public equity markets have sunk in the last 3-4 months. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. This is clearly true and obviously sucks for any investors who bought these shares in the offering and currently hold them.

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David Teten

MAY 4, 2011

On Wednesday May 18th, the YJP, I, and some other colleagues will be hosting our Young Jewish Professionals Private Equity and Hedge Fund Summit. Hundreds of hedge fund and private equity professionals, executives, and investors will be gathering in Chelsea to meet, mingle, and brew the future over the finest whiskey bar southside.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. I’m pleased to now turn to Kayak’s S-1 filing. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

They went on to raise capital from Founder Co-op, Vulcan Capital, Trilogy Equity Partners, DFJ, and Top Tier Capital Partners, among others. Techstars funded PillPack as part of the Techstars Boston Accelerator in 2013. The company later settled in Boston. “ #8: Digital Ocean (2012). 10: PillPack (2013).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity? Probably we all have different filters. Same thing.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 11, 2021

Cleantech Open has a particular focus on incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values into its program. Cleantech Open is a nonprofit accelerator that takes no equity in its participating startups. It is working to increase the diversity of startups, mentors, and partners engaged with the program.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Venture capitalists might be inclined to invest in your startup in exchange for an equity stake if they think there’s a chance they can score a big return. Perseverance will get you through. Options for raising that capital include: Venture capital. But they will need convincing.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2019

When I was in Boston a while ago (it was very cold, so it must have been January), I had a wide-ranging conversation with Eric Paley. They tend to adjust the multiples to try to align with a group of comparison companies, but these comps rarely have a similar supply/demand economic associated with the equity of the company in question.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2019

For startups with a limited amount of capital which they need to stretch out until profitability or be forced to enter a new funding round to give away another chunk of equity, it’s far better to do business smarter. How Data Can Be Useful to Entrepreneurs.

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Forecast Startup Analytics Boston 159

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As with item 17, Jay Batson , a long-time Techstars Boston mentor, nudged me several times to finish this up and wrote a draft from his perspective. Jay has embraced this responsibility for every Boston cohort since then. This is the final post (18) of the Techstars Mentor Manifesto. The post Mentors 18/18: Have Empathy.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2011

Monthly winners walk away with the cash without any catch – no equity is expected. You can check them out in New York, Boston, Tampa, Las Vegas, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The best-of-the-best will be invited to the VenCorps community for a chance at winning a further US$25,000 investment.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston. An accelerator involves smaller amounts of capital, smaller amounts of equity and a shorter time frame, while an incubator usually involves bringing in an outside management staff and giving up more equity. – Stephanie Kaplan , Her Campus Media.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The new equity round will fuel additional growth and provide capital for further acquisitions. Boston, and Philly. As Brennan and Aaron wrote in the announcement …“T his new round of funding brings us one step closer to our goal of radically scaling unified climate action across the global economy.”.

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Portfolio Phoenix Portland Europe 60

SiliconHills

MARCH 29, 2018

As part of the deal, Cove Hill Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, will acquire a majority stake in the combined company. SpareFoot, the Austin-based online self-storage marketplace, announced Thursday plans to acquire SiteLink, a software maker for the self-storage industry, founded in 1996 and based in Raliegh, North Carolina.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. In the valley or in Boston, lawyers will often *defer* up to $25K until funding in return for 0.5%-1.0% We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why. To that I say baloney.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It’s always tempting for entrepreneurs to accept seed funding from friends and family in exchange for a promise to repay the money or issue the lender equity in your company when it is formed. Boston Startup Weekend. are not met. 4) You’re ready to raise money. Submitted by Jackkallis on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 1:25pm.

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David Teten

APRIL 8, 2013

My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of Private Equity the first-ever research study on best practices of venture capitalists in creating portfolio company value through operational support, exploring exactly these questions. Some $246b of private equity was invested globally in 2011, vs. VC at around $20b a year.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It leads me to believe the entrepreneur avoided giving up equity as long as possible and now needs capital to get out of a financial crisis. That likelihood goes down if you are not in Silicon Valley or Boston. Anything over $100,000 raises a flag for me, personally, though other angels may disagree. So, you need to have a backup plan.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

For example, the Boston Consulting Group 2 x 2 growth-share matrix was an easy to understand strategy tool – a market selection matrix for companies looking for growth opportunities. These tools brought clarity to corporate strategy, product line extension strategies, and made product management a repeatable process. Strategy Maps.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

They add mentors and additional services and some offer free space in exchange for equity. Accelerators take teams with fairly focused ideas and offer a formal 3-4 month program of tutoring/mentoring with seed funding in exchange for equity. Incubators are designed for teams with an idea.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Imagine you receive an email from your bank about refinancing and home equity loans. Secondly, the bank could have paid attention to what I was doing, which was perusing their site and others’ for home equity line options, risks and rewards. Personalization should touch on each. You’re interested, so you decide to click through.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: November 25, 2017 Earlier this fall , MassChallenge announced their expansion into Texas, which is this incubator’s first US location outside of the home base in Boston. This announcement provided another strong endorsement of the fast-growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and across the Lone Star State.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 10, 2012

Fortunately, most entrepreneurs I met with 1-on-1 in the Boston area fell squarely into the “Value Builders” category – and it felt great to be part of this thriving ecosystem. Up until recently, I would often hear that Boston is a bad place to start a company. As a finalist, Native Brain has gotten enormous value.

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Boston Cofounder Equity Community 74

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2014

The BostonGlobe.com achieved a 17% increase in subscribers and The Boston Globe newspaper attained 3,000 new customers and a total of more than $3.6 How The Boston Globe Leverages Value to Thrive in a Turbulent Marketplace. For instance, at the time of the tests, The Boston Globe was a division of The New York Times Company.

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Clickthrough Cost Tucson Customer 100

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Thoughts on business and technology Home Archives Profile Subscribe About Me « Boston VCs gets first look at Y Combinator Demo Day | Main | Digg-nation is HUGE! Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Local : many entrepreneurs like to use their old friend from Boston even though they’re now living in Boulder. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. How to choose a lawyer -First, you need to pick a firm.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2011

Rounding out the top 5 are Chicago's Excelerate Labs , Durham NC's LaunchBox Digital , and TechStars Boston. Gilani also interviewed investors and participants to get a better understanding of how the various programs are perceived in the industry.

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Programming Chicago Incubator Boston 146

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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