David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. Transaction costs. Cost of capital.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Hiring costs are up dramatically The cost of hiring top quality talent in the bay area has gone up dramatically. Top engineering talent today has a bimodal distribution. At the same time, since the hiring costs are much higher, the companies need to spend more money on recruiting and retaining top talent.

Mezzanine 134

Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology. Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. This led to an explosion in startups.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

zettasun manufactures efficient commercial rooftop solar panels using proprietary optical technology to dramatically reduce the cost of solar electricity to be at or below grid costs. RavenBrick delivers innovative solar-controlled windows, which reduce energy costs by up to 50 percent. TopSchool, Inc.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. RavenBrick delivers innovative solar-controlled windows, which reduce energy costs by up to 50 percent. VCIR Launches 20 Promising Companies/Page 2. TopSchool, Inc.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52