Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. That turns out to be much more difficult than non-investors often imagine.

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The extraordinary amount of capital flooding in at the Seed stage, often from non-traditional capital sources, foreign capital, or new funds also sometimes makes it possible for companies to raise a larger round without demonstrating the progress that seasoned investors would look for a Seed stage company today.

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Non-compete. I was once asked to sign a one year non-compete agreement as a sweat equity consultant. Without receiving a real salary, I’d be wary of signing a non-compete in an area which I have domain expertise in. Which country’s laws does the corporate entity operate under?

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Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41