Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. And he said ok got it.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Interesting to note that Hafner and English own common stock but also made meaningful investments in the Series A & B rounds. Notes: In an IPO preferred share classes are converted into common stock, and liquidation preferences and accumulated but unpaid dividends essentially go away.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Some well-known Silicon Valley angel groups are Band of Angels, Sandhill Angels, TIE angels and others. 3) Giving non-voting stock. NOTE: Angel investors are typically allocated common stock, the same class of stock as owned by founders, as opposed to preferred stocks, which are offered to VCs.

Finance 93

Finance Accredited Investor Angel Investor Seed Capital 93

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…). The final straw came when I asked the latest 25-year old a simple ‘yes / no’ question related to stock options.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

She’s opening a small deli in an office park in the Silicon Valley. That generates what I call ownership, that isn’t shares and stocks, but caring about your part of the business, your functions, your tasks. You don’t need a CPA. This is Magda. Here we see, again, I don’t want you to read this.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2015

If I was Travis Kalanick, I would have been on my 4th venture and I would have been doing the Silicon Valley thing for many, many years now. I had a conversation with this CPA recently who’s probably in his late 50s and I’ve mentioned QuickBooks for example, he was talking about QuickBooks. That’s my dream.

Cloud 60

Cloud Small Business Silicon Valley Media 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 6, 2016

1 left in stock. Growth hacking came from Silicon Valley, where people do not trust marketers. Increase LTV –> higher CPA. Viljo Vabrit: Using Urgency to Boost E-commerce Conversions. Urgency makes people behave rashly in response to emotions. Example urgency tactics: Deal of the day. Why retention matters?

Retention 48

Retention Algorithm Software Review Conversion 48