Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2011
I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)
Feld Thoughts
MAY 9, 2011
Make it simple – eliminate capital gains if an individual (who is an accredited investor) invests equity (i.e. The federal government has been a historically successful investor in innovation and the creation of new technologies, often through funding university research.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Bad behavior but prevalent.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.
www.seriesseed.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Long term capital gains possible for early exit. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined. I see there is no support for the assertions that the benfits of using standardized documents outweights the costs of customizing and negotiating important issues.
paulgraham.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit." A barbershop serves customers in person, and few will travel far for a haircut. But technological change was about to make it a much more common one. Thats one connection between startup ideas and technology.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MARCH 25, 2011
If I need to drastically increase the amount of product I sell or customers I attract to make good money, and that requires more of my own time to achieve, or cannot be easily outsourced to others (it often increases your labor just to organize outsourcers, so don’t assume outsourcing is a magic solution), that’s not the method for me.
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