Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 16, 2023
None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 26, 2020
None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2011
While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. You find early stage employees expecting to work normal hours, to get paid a regular salary, and not asking or expecting equity. There isn’t much of a killer instinct among the masses.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
In a deep ocean of early stage investors, it’s important to signal to the market that you have specific areas of interest, even if you look to invest in everything. In the early days, I focused on anything data science related, then healthcare, and now I proactively look at climate/energy. Be a generalist and a specialist.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”
Gust
JULY 23, 2012
Donations of private stock enable investors, founders and employees to support charitable causes and contribute to the community while receiving simultaneous benefits in the form of substantial cash savings from reduced taxes as well as bypassing capital gains taxes. These assets often have a relatively low cost basis (e.g.
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