Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 3, 2010
Focus on your customers and don’t obsess about deals or keeping up with your competitors releases.&#. But to be clear the overwhelming majority of deals involve one company driving the cultural integration, establishment of uniform processes, hiring / firing decisions, etc. Me: “Zero dilution. This is a good thing.
Hunter Walker
MAY 7, 2014
Whether it’s adding capacity to an existing function (#MawrEngineers) or bringing new talents onboard (“we intend to make our first marketing hire”), glossing over these bullet points towards the back of the pitch deck would be a mistake. I’m interested in not just what these people will be doing but how and when they’ll be hired.
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www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Create an options pool, if nothing more than in your mind, so you have some parameters to work within," Durkin says. Why customers watch videos.
venturehacks.com
OCTOBER 21, 2010
SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game. share to $1.00/share:
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 16, 2010
Tender – customer support. uservoice – customer feedback. link] – proactive customer chat. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent? Short answer: You quit when you can’t find any customers, you stick when all signs point upward and you pivot when your customers keep asking you too.
Seeing Both Sides
JULY 15, 2009
I had to struggle to get to $6 pre and I have a prototype and real customers! Another term that impacts the price is the size of the option pool. Most VCs invest in companies that need to hire additional management team members and sales and marketing and technical talent to build the business. Life isn’t fair.”).
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
12 ] There are a lot of institutionalized delays in startup funding: themulti-week mating dance with investors; the distinction betweentermsheets and deals; the fact that each series A has enormouslyelaborate, custom paperwork. Nearly all customers choose the competing product, ajob. Its the way things have always been.
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