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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

Mature startups with proven business models and the potential to reach the public markets within a few years will be the safest place to park any new venture capital that comes into the ecosystem. Two weeks ago in San Francisco, a conversation with tech lawyers from the US and Europe was a confirmation of what I read in the news.

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Investors Beware: Today’s $100M+ Late-stage Private Rounds Are Very Different from an IPO

abovethecrowd.com

Lost in this conversation are the dramatic differences between a high priced private round and an IPO. Conversely, these late stage private rounds have no such pageantry or process. If you want to know if the business model truly hunts, you must pay careful attention. Consider the case of Fab.com.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. liquidation preference. They start with an innovation, search for a repeatable business model, build the infrastructure for a company, then grow by efficiently executing the model.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. Second a liquidation preference and a participation. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

When we were looking to talk to investors, Sramana introduced us to multiple investors and acted as an advisor helping us to navigate complex term sheet clauses like tranche financing and liquidation preferences. 1M/1M is like a mini entrepreneurship-focused MBA at $1000 a year, plus a credible, powerful business network.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

where your stock sits in the liquidity preference stack. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have. While Ive made at least my share of mistakes taking equity in lieu of pay, I continue to see this as a key part of my business model. AOL, Tech Crunch and What Selling Your Business Means.

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Should you raise traditional VC or Revenue-Based Investing VC?

David Teten

This includes the application process, phone calls with us, conversations with co-founders, investors and counsel, etc. Focus on lower-risk business models; no requirement for a ‘swing for the fences’ model. But this is the same for a VC round with a liquidation preference. Soup to nuts.

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