K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Series A is the new Series B. (~6M-$15M

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

ME: Of course getting tied up with that might distract you from other growth opportunities, and sometimes buyers don’t like that you’re dependent on another company for revenue. It’s not the number, it’s the whole term sheet. But trying to work out the risk/reward of unknowable possibilities is worse.

Sales 235

Sales Term Sheet Stock Deal Structure 235

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

As such, you should make sure to think of the proposals as an investor and get a reasonable term sheet. I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. Out of fairness, that’s why they wanted to hire me, to fix that issue. I’m wrong all the time.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41