Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. And Brad Feld.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Historically they have been a kind of back-door way for a company to go public, and as a result have historically had a sub-standard reputation. In every conversation about IPOs vs Direct Listings these are the only two things that matter, and they are precisely the two things that IPO advocates are embarrassed to discuss.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

First (and needless to say), founders should do extensive due diligence on the investors prior to executing a term sheet to ensure that they are dealing with trustworthy and reputable investors (both the firms and the individuals involved), and that there’s no history of them walking away from deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2017

You can love them and want rehabilitation and perhaps one day redemption but when a person has exploited a position of power they don’t deserve our sympathy above that of the victims and they don’t deserve a free pass back into power. Victims must always deserve more respect than a flawed human being in search of redemption.

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