Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I’ve been helping entrepreneurs raise capital as a securities lawyer for 17+ years, and there are certain fundamental mistakes that I’ve seen entrepreneurs repeatedly make. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to share three basic tips for entrepreneurs in connection with raising capital. This is how the game is played.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Some well-known Silicon Valley angel groups are Band of Angels, Sandhill Angels, TIE angels and others. Since investment in a startup is risky and most people are reluctant to contribute funds, startup entrepreneurs can use different ways to make funding from FFF look less risky. 3) Giving non-voting stock.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

So we asked a panel of eight successful young entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) about their startup funding successes (and failures) and the lessons they learned. Most entrepreneurs approach fundraising as a transaction. The best way to do that is to leverage the hard-won experience of real-world startup.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. This is the feeling you get from watching the venture capitalists talk about the entrepreneurs and other investors in the film.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

As a result, the amount these employees pay the company for these exercises is non-trivial… in 2011 these common stock purchases generated about $1 billion in cash for Facebook. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. billion in cash profit last year. Read More ».

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The Next Web

JUNE 15, 2012

From Silicon Valley to Peoria, Illinois, cash-strapped startups look for inventive way to finance their business – often handing out equity to employees, consultants, vendors, and other service providers. It’s a logical solution. But beyond motivation, there are more pragmatic factors at play here too.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TL;DR: In a market that has historically idolized huge, splashy financings and exits, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are realizing that everyone else’s definition of success — particularly among certain large VCs — isn’t necessarily aligned with their own. Most individual VCs can only support about 7–10 companies at a time.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. He obviously has a founders common stock stake along with cash invested. ProfessorVC. Friday, February 18, 2011. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. The LinkedIn acquisition of CardMunch a few weeks ago caught my attention. Steve Bennet. at 1:20 PM.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. The board decided not to use an external valuation of Twilio''s common stock that had been done the month prior to the acquisition, but instead come up with their own valuation methodology.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

This reverse dilution benefits all classes of stock proportionally even though the common stock holders paid for all of the initial dilution in the first place! Most VCs can appreciate an entrepreneur who is focused on building his business and doesn’t want to raise money full-time.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

I see the auditors forcing excessive quarterly compliance burdens on the general partners, and this trend has been developing since the institution of 409a valuations for common stock. The reason I feel this burden is unnecessary is because, in my view, the additional information may be very precise without being accurate.

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