Gust

AUGUST 30, 2012

Team, Business Model, Traction, Customer Acquisition, Scalability, Defensibiity, Capital Efficiency, Churn, Time to Breakeven, Exit Strategy. Integrity, Passion, Startup Experience, Domain Expertise, Functional Skills, Leadership, Commitment, Vision, Pragmatism, Flexibility, Personality. Characteristics of the Venture.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 2, 2012

It doesn’t matter the reason – a competitive funding announcement, a customer loss, a bad month of results – with more time, the increased chances of more emerging mitigating factors to getting the deal completely finalized. Founder vesting is the most common example.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2010

The customary vesting model has founders vest their stock over 4-years , and when the founding CEO gets in over their head the VC’s bring in professional management. At best this is an argument where no one wins, at worst it’s like a nasty divorce. More often than not the founding CEO leaves the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Get customer input. People design their products in a box assuming that they’ll show customers later and get feedback. Interview customers to better articulate their problems. Founder vesting. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ). This is another big mistake.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Ask the Attorney” – Founder Vesting. How to pick a co-founder. Our Spreadsheet. Check out the video tour. Charles River Ventures : We back people who want to change the world. Supporter Posts. Scott Edward Walker. Popular Posts. How to make a cap table. We don't pay you to work here. The Option Pool Shuffle.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

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