Customer Liquidation Preference Product Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? There was no money train.
Steve Blank
MARCH 16, 2016
There are many reasons to found a startup. There are many reasons to work at a startup. To most founders a startup is not a job, but a calling. But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. Traditional lenders (banks) think that startups are too risky for a traditional bank loan.
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Series A-1 Preferred.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. Even when you do sign-up initial customers it’s still not clear that your company will be a success and you’re still likely paying yourself under market rates. In fact, I would argue that most people don’t.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
There is much talk these days that startup valuations have decreased and may continue to do so and that the amount of time it takes to fund raise may take longer. Even if you sold for $20 million they’d be thinking “I have senior liquidation preference so I get my money back.”).
The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 22, 2012
That’s exciting and motivating for founders, and makes it easier to enlist support for your mission from investors, new employees and customers and will get you talked about on blogs and at cocktail parties. Focusing too much on the big vision and too little on the plan is an increasingly common mistake at startups. Powerful stuff.
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