Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As such, I’ve learned to develop my filter faster. Founders can easily sniff out if you genuinely care about a new area based on innate interest and curiosity versus potential capital gains. And of course, it has taught me a lot about the fundamentals of founders which aren’t thematically specific. Build a personal brand.

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Cofounder Portfolio Capital Gains Vertical 182

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Innovative. Disruptive. We get it! I Be specific. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

the sort that develop empowering innovations). reduce capital gains tax for assets held for a long period. give capital gains tax breaks to entrepreneurs. Support the venture capital system with direct investmemt into funds. Encourage the development of startup hubs. Publicly encourage entrepreneurs.

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Capital Gains Government Venture Capital Equity 123

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Below you will find a list of stories about successful entrepreneurs and the techniques they have used to manage people and develop successful business plans. Len Green borrows concepts from his popular entrepreneurship course to explain how to develop a successful venture. Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff.

Jordan 162

Jordan New York City Green United States 162

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2018

This is highly beneficial because it stops you from having to pay capital gains taxes on the sale of the old property. To ensure you don’t get stuck paying the capital gains taxes on the sale of your old investment property, it would be wise to go ahead and take advantage of the program while it lasts.

Capital Gains 113

Capital Gains Matching Programming Sales 113

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2017

Technology today has evolved largely in many areas, and its developments are primarily focused on generally aiding us in different ways. These are income taxes, employment taxes, a corporation tax, a capital gains tax, an inheritance tax, excise duties on cigarettes, alcohol, and petrol, import duties, property taxes, and specialist taxes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In addition, they will likely take between 3% and 10% of any capital raised. For these fees, they will develop a business plan, solicit investors, and negotiate term sheets to a closing. There is an upfront or monthly retainer, and maybe a closing fee, of at least several thousand dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

In addition, they will likely take between 3% and 10% of any capital raised. For these fees, they will develop a business plan, solicit investors, and negotiate term sheets to a closing. There is an upfront or monthly retainer, and maybe a closing fee, of at least several thousand dollars.

Silicon Valley 211

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is a translation of the article: « Pigeons » : le cri d'alarme d'un fonds américain published on LaTribune (12/10/2012) and is a response to the proposed tax law proposed by the government of Francois Hollande, suggesting to tax all capital gain at the same level than salaries or 60%.

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France Europe Capital Gains Dilution 71

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about joining as the director of marketing, product management manager, senior architect, international business development lead, etc. Now … these are stock options and not restricted stock so you’ll likely be taxed at a long-term capital gains rate. Let’s face it. That’s Ok.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

In addition, they will likely take between 3% and 10% of any capital raised. For these fees, they will develop a business plan, solicit investors, and negotiate term sheets to a closing. There is an upfront or monthly retainer, and maybe a closing fee, of at least several thousand dollars.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Startup Initial Public Offering 120

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Long term capital gains possible for early exit. Acton: I can't prove the assertion, but it's a judgment that I've developed after years of doing this work and is seconded by my launch partners all of whom are experienced investors. Locks in rights, preferences and priviledges of the stock.

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Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

Incorporating a company and demonstrating that it is a “real&# business with sufficient capital is typically a prerequisite to a visa application. Starting capital gains holding period in the event of a stock sale. I represented a couple of Facebook app companies last year that were sold in taxable transactions.

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IP Stock Options Preferred Stock Capital Gains 67

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Today’s advanced technologies go far beyond short-term growth and commercial gain and reach long-sighted and responsible goals to leverage technology to tackle society’s most critical problems. According to research by Beroe, Inc., billion by 2022. Artificial Intelligence & Data Sciences.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 141

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Yet amid this grim news, we also can’t underestimate the triumph of modern biology over a novel disease variant — enabling companies such as Moderna to develop a vaccine formulation in two days without physical access to live cultures, faster than even the virus itself traveled around the world. Technology transfer office.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Campus Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 29, 2011

Reducing the cost of capital through capital gains tax relief for early stage investments. The president must meet as soon as possible with congressional leaders to develop a menu of policy initiatives to reignite the startup job machine. Reducing barriers to IPOs by allowing shareholders to opt out of Sarbanes-Oxley.

Capital Gains 39

Capital Gains Government IPO Early Stage 39

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Eventually, that vacuum was filled with capital gained even earlier than the Seed round — i.e., “pre-seed.”. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. By definition, yes.

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

These include the general economic circumstances, both in the industry and in the broader economy, profits projections, anticipated corporate growth, the company’s stage of development, and financial ratio analysis. It can produce much-needed capital for entering new markets, refinancing, and investing in research and development.

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Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Owning the stock has a potentially significant tax advantage: it starts the timer for long-term capital gains. Any capital asset held for more than a year is taxed a low, long-term capital gains rate (currently 15% percent, maximum). I get asked all the time: how much equity should I expect?

Equity 56

Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

BeyondVC

JULY 19, 2005

There is not much for me to add to this article as we all know that the only loyalty VCs have is to their Limited Partners to generate long-term capital gains. It reminds me of a panel that I spoke on in 1997 at the Red Herring Java Technology Conference.

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.Net Java Limited Partner Venture Capital 60

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Indeed, as a corporate lawyer for 18+ years, I have seen this development first-hand. As a result, the pendulum has swung dramatically in the founders’ favor, and the issuance of convertible notes for seed financing has never been more prolific. This post is the first part of a three-part primer on convertible note seed financings.

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Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I’ve used these methods at different stages of my own development during the previous ten years, and I’m confident no matter where you are coming from, one of them will suit your situation, personality and goals.

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Programming Restful Internet Hiring 86

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

Sell your own information products The single most profitable income stream I have ever developed is selling my own information products. If you know something that other people want to know and you are prepared to share that information, you could be looking at a fairly lucrative affiliate opportunity.

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Affiliate Internet Software Review Advertising 112

paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Growth is why VCs want to invest in startups: not just because the returns are high but also because generating returns from capital gains is easier to manage than generating returns from dividends. But while such trajectories may be common in, say, real estate development, you dont see them much in the technology business.

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Startup Technical Review Software Review Acquisition 111

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

Of course both entrepreneurs and investors would rather see their investment dollars used toward developing a new product and bringing it to market than toward what are usually routine transaction costs.   The problem has been crafting a set of documents that provide adequate protections without being unduly burdensome.

Finance 58

Finance Term Sheet Equity Aggregator 58

Venture Chronicles

MAY 11, 2010

I don’t have a W-2, instead I earn income that is taxed as capital gains, which means that I take home more of my income than if I were working, but because I am not working I don’t create an economic multiplier that lifts other people with me… as in creates jobs. Is that dangerous… just ask the Greeks.

Balance Sheet 38

Balance Sheet Capital Gains Government California 38

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

Packaged food and beverages were marketed as natural and safe, filled with secret ingredients (sometimes dangerous) were developed by the manufacturers, so they could sell more and keep it shelf stable for longer. Both income taxes and capital gains taxes. Eventually, we collectively decided this wasn’t good enough.

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Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Additionally, Convertible Equity is “equity” that may have a lower capital gains tax benefit for investors, since it is likely classified as “qualified small business stock”. Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

We’re volunteer run and managed and in developing that community, I’ve learned a thing or two that makes me a bit skeptical about whether DAOs as we’re witnessing them today are going to make great organizations. Communities self-select and bring with them in their development their own biases. Is that what we want DAOs to be?

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Community Engineer Cofounder Capital Gains 103

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 25, 2022

That’s because we need to fully understand what we can potentially lose as well as gain if we start limiting scale, slowing down innovation, and pre-emptively constraining future paths of development through the vast expansion of antitrust laws and other new precautionary regulatory regimes.

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Technical Review America Government Global 28