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

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 30, 2013

but she will most likely now be sitting behind a $25m liquidation preference and have taken on new investors who want to exit the company for at least $240m (to get 3x on their investment). Avoid[ A rigid business plan gets one locked into a preset invariant policy, like a highway without exits —hence devoid of optionality.”.

Finance 129

Finance Liquidation Preference Valuation Harvest 129

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?

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

I spent a couple years running a digital agency that built custom software and just dove in head-first, teaching myself to program (which would serve me well later), figuring out how to effectively run a software team, and understanding the landscape of technologies available to entrepreneurs as I helped them make their product goals reality.

Term Sheet 60

Term Sheet Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation 60