Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. I know Mike Lincoln in Washington DC does. I never met a person who didn’t talk about Mike Lincoln of Cooley Godward in DC. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I already mentioned DLA Piper.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Rates have risen significantly in the last eighteen months, pulling capital out of the equity markets and into the fixed income markets. And, of course, the situation in DC is getting dicey and that will weigh on markets as well.” ” Last week I was talking to a friend who is a growth investor.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Washington DC. In a post on his blog , Dave Parker, Co-Founder and CEO of Bundled.com and Director of the Seattle Founder Institute , explains why spiltting equity 50/50 amongst co-founders is almost never the right answer, because each co-founder will have their own expectations, commitment, and goals regarding the startup.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Then, after four years at UT and four years working in DC, Austin called me back with relative ease because entrepreneurship was always the city’s main draw for me, even more so thanSXSW or tech or Barton Springs Pool. I can make things happen here that I would have never been able to pull off in DC as a non-native or 30-something there.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. Wednesday, March 13 Every day 10:00am-5:00pm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These entrepreneurs are looking for a technical cofounder and that person who will build a prototype from their idea in exchange for equity in the business. Each of those ten people have great ideas and passion for their ventures but they are lacking a technical cofounder or the money to hire a programmer. But.where are the ladies?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. Introduced 1/3/2013) Thi s legislation , is meant to create “an early-stage investment program to provide equity investment financing to support early-stage small businesses.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

We also reached out to companies that make products useful to accelerating your Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, from cloud-hosted Selenium provider Sauce Labs (disclaimer: where I have equity) to ScrumPad (where I dont) and many in-between (a sampling is below, but you should really jus t click through to see the whole smorgasbord).

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Offer equity instead of cash. Everybody should be selling. Selling is an honorable profession. Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling. Not just about expenses, about increasing revenue. Voluntary salary reduction program. Pay attention to where your cash is. All cash in most secure possible instruments.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I hope you can join us at some of DC Finance’s upcoming Family Office conferences in NYC. I have no financial interest in DC Finance or any of their conferences, but I will be speaking at some of their events.). If you use registration code 207 , it will facilitate their tracking. (I Register here.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

In DC it’s George Washington University, the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech, and now Johns Hopkins… in the Bay Area, there’s Berkeley, Stanford and UCSF. … In Southern California, there’s Caltech, USC and UCLA. government accelerator that takes no equity. Errol : The group after that is in NY it’s CUNY, NYU and Columbia.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We will be starting in a few lovely communities in Washington DC which is a great milestone for us. HW: Lots of capital – both venture and private equity – have moved into the coffee retail space in recent years. Our goal is 1 store 1000 times. More important than the actual message is the spirit of it.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. We do home equity funds without interest or monthly payments in exchange for sharing in the future upside/downside of home values. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

You can contact Adam J.August at 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 | McLean, Virginia 22102 Phone 703.720.8059 | Fax 703.720.8610 adam.august@hklaw.com | www.hklaw.com Affinity Lab is an entrepreneurial launch platform serving a rich community of Washington DC businesses, non-profits and start-ups. This is a downside protection term.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. This is a good thing. (I I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.)

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 19, 2009

  First, we learn that auto industry executives flew into Washington DC to ask for taxpayer bailout money on corporate jets.   Second, when it comes to the formula for making money, they care only about the value of their equity – current cash is to pay the bills (in some cases, not even that).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested. The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

He didn’t write back to me until I wrote this piece on backing disruption in the middle of the racial equity protests last June. “As He went off to go recruit a team of aviation experts—people who had consulted on and built serious vehicles and projects. They helped him refine his idea. But I think it’s cool—and it’s a very big idea.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The rationale behind allocating more of an option pool is often basically “better safe than sorry&# rather than “let’s artificially increase equity stake of investors.&# the debt holder wants free equity equal to half the equity the Series A will get. should we take dilution on the shares granted to the debt?

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

With offices in Silicon Valley, Austin, Boston, Chicago and Washington, DC, this is the one DoD organization with the staffing and mandate to match commercial startups or scaleups to pressing national security problems. In the last few years new venture capital and private equity firms have raised money to invest in dual-use startups.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

I published in 2010 a research study on best practices in how private equity and VC funds source investments. Over the next year, VCAP Fellows will be named in Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, leveraging an ecosystem of entrepreneurs that will aim to increase access to capital, coaches, mentors, and deal opportunities.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2010

Just because someone hasn’t worked at a startup before, or doesn’t know much about equity options doesn’t mean they aren’t startup hacker material. #5 Tried RPI, Cornell, Boston, or DC yet? They’re often too quick to judge a book by their cover, too. 5 Spread the search outside of your city, even if you want to hire here.

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www.gabrielweinberg.com

OCTOBER 24, 2011

They have a significant equity stake and other significant terms. I did make two trips to NY and one to DC. Would you chose a co-founder that sucks? Of course not willingly. It is a major reason startups die. I treated the VC decision in a similar way. They're going to be with me long-term. But I'm not just thinking negative here.

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