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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years.

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My dad said: “Never take on a business partner.”

Berkonomics

Most often, one partner remained active as another partner drifted away from the business, no longer carrying the weight anticipated at start-up. The assumption at start-up is that all partners will carry their assigned weight for the foreseeable future, as percentages of ownership are divided accordingly.

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In The Long Run, We Are All Dead

Seeing Both Sides

My partner, David Aronoff, wrote a good blog outlining what CEOs should be doing to ensure survival. GigaOm reports that Sequoia Capital called an all-hands, emergency meeting with its portfolio CEOs to walk through a recommended plan of action. For as economist John Maynard Keynes observed, "In the long run, we are all dead.".

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations. We drew $1.5

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

Your Business Partner Closer,&# was a reformatted version of a blog post titled “Keep Your Startup Co-Founder Closer&# which appeared in Ryan Roberts PC’s blog for startups and entrepreneurs, The Startup [.] He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.