crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. My guess: poor results & low demand – crowdspring.co/1gY63vJ. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Altgate

DECEMBER 18, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Holiday Cards Year End Management Changes → The 3X Liquidation Preference Is Back! Let’s recap how expensive a 3x liquidation preference really is. What’s the alternative?

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Liquidation Preference Venture Capital Post-Money Valuation Participating Preferred 31

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 30, 2013

but she will most likely now be sitting behind a $25m liquidation preference and have taken on new investors who want to exit the company for at least $240m (to get 3x on their investment). Locking into arrangements that demand a high exit is a form of rigid business plan. Griffin puts it this way: 7.

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Finance Liquidation Preference Valuation Harvest 129

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Smart phones finally took off leading to enormous wealth creation for Apple employees and investors but also helped propel Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and others.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

ithacaVC

MAY 1, 2013

The article states “When venture capitalists invest, they typically demand preferred shares that accrue a yearly dividend of about 8 percent. It must be paid out before the common shares, which are typically held by the founders and other employees.” The dividend goes unpaid until the company is sold.

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Dividend Liquidation Preference Common Stock Venture Capital 45