A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

There are plenty of folks who wouldn’t sell their company for a billion dollars; Jason Fried and Joel Spolsky are public examples from the bootstrapped startup world. What if someone offered you a million dollars for your startup, right now, check in hand — would you take it? Most, but not all. So let’s haggle.

Sales 235

Sales Term Sheet Stock Deal Structure 235

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. Well, enter the Pre-Seed round, where the startup raises closer to $500K. When I first started using the term ‘pre-seed’ in 2013, it was almost as a joke since I wanted to make a point that K9 was investing super early.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

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. The company with all the revenue is Company C. Instead of putting in money, you’re putting in time.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41