Hunter Walker

JUNE 14, 2018

But Homebrew is founded upon the belief that we’ll put sweat and reputation behind your startup, not just a wire transfer, so to me it seems like a normal question to help understand if you need things that we can, or can’t, provide. Hiring, org structure, product development philosophies and so on.

Cap Table 81

Cap Table Portfolio Vertical Reputation 81

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Depending on the minimum investment size, if you think about what hiring an actual analyst, or someone more senior, might cost you to look at deals you’re serious about, an investment in a fund could may for itself in access. Less than that and you need something else to bring to the table. b) Reputation for adding value.

Portfolio 134

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

Eric Friedman

JUNE 27, 2016

This is the classic “hire people smarter than you” which is harder said than done. I have seen what I call “predatory advisors” come in and really mess up a cap table by promising big intros and sales contracts only to disappear after the first 6-12 months. Think about the things you DON’T know.

Equity 98

Equity Vesting Cap Table Common Stock 98

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

That’s how it feels when your hot deal from two years ago winds up running low on cash and gets into a pay-to-play round that wipes out the cap table. I’ve summarized the descriptions in the table below, but a few trends stood out to me—my favorite being that it took a lot of work and wasn’t easy. But I thought I was good!?”

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

But taken to the extreme, you would have rounds with only one lead and almost no one else on the cap table. Some funds have elevated or hired junior professionals to “partner” titles to try to address this. In this case, you lose out on the breadth of support from your investors in both their network and their dollars.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect. They find somejust as the prototype is demoable.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. We went through hundreds of thousands of resumes to hire those 1,900 people and we do so much to bring them in and to have to say goodbye to them, I'd say that was the hardest part. A lot of people are literally doing if for their brand reputation but they didn't.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees. You can no longer simply look at the cap table and estimate your return. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40