Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
You start out with vision, you must adapt and have intellectual honesty once you stare at your data and know where your true sources of differentiation and value are. We have well financed competitors whom despite competing with we respect deeply and when you see your competition launching in many markets it’s tempting to follow suit.
Startup Company Lawyer
MARCH 14, 2010
After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).
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YoungUpstarts
APRIL 19, 2012
When not approached carefully, growth can destroy value as it outstrips a company’s managerial capacity, processes, quality, and financial controls, or substantially dilutes customer value propositions. Growth can dilute a business’s culture and customer value proposition and put the business in a different competitive space.
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 8, 2023
The reality is lots of companies – many of them quite promising – have already undergone, or will be facing, next financings which “clean up” old cap tables. Lower performing VCs will disappear faster and new entrants will differentiate themselves. Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice.
Ben's Blog
AUGUST 17, 2020
The conventional wisdom finance professionals are often taught is that you should not pay a higher multiple today than what you’d expect to be paid upon exit — that is, your entry multiple should equal your exit multiple.
aweissman.com
JANUARY 30, 2010
There is an amazing wealth of innovation around early stage venture financing, most of which developed in just the past few years. Competitive differentiation. (4) If not, the value of the exchange fund is diluted. Competitive differentiation. (4) If not, the value of the exchange fund is diluted.
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