Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If Startup investments are extremely risky, primarily because the stock has no value until a future liquidity event, such as an acquisition or public offering. Specific elements of your marketing and sales plans.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Pascal's View

MARCH 12, 2010

The VC fund may have one managing partner that sets the tone and controls the entire firm, or it may have a collegial distribution of governance among several senior partners. Compounding the complexity is the fact that most VC-backed companies replace their CEOs twice between the founding and the liquidity event.

Government 28

Government Portfolio Technical Review Due Diligence 28

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So, I wrote into the final distribution instructions a surprise five figure bonus for each of the five executives. Yet there was no formal reward in place other than the employee stock ownership program (ESOP) which was set to pay all employees for their accumulated shares at the exit. Each was surprised, pleased and effusive.

Stock Options 192

Stock Options Stock Distribution Programming 192

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Startups that win in the bubble will be those that get wide adoption (using freemium, viral growth, low costs, etc) and massive distribution (i.e. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. Wide Adoption. Facebook, Android/Apple App store.)

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Next, have the group focus upon column three, ignoring the obvious gain our company would make in liquidity to shareholders. Would it be more cash for expansion, new intellectual property, better distribution, completion of drug trials, or more? List what the company would most gain in new resources from this acquirer.

Intellectual Property 67

Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Acquisition Distribution 67

ithacaVC

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Yes, it is possible to issue preferred stock without liquidation preference, but that is rarely done. Rather, preferred stock has the right upon a liquidation event to get its money back (a 1X LP) or, sometimes, a multiple of its money back (for example a 2X LP). million balance to distribute to all shareholders prorata.

Liquidation Preference 49

Liquidation Preference LP Preferred Stock Liquidity Event 49

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Your definition of a great fit might include their distribution capability, their brand, dominance in your field, their sales force, their access to growth capital or more. Here you state in a few words what your company would want for the candidate – other than cash or investment which seems obvious.

Partner 62

Partner Intellectual Property .Net Distribution 62

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

The only practical situation that I can think of where a dividend preference is beneficial to a stockholder is where a company does a partial sale of assets and wishes to distribute the proceeds to stockholders. Registration rights. As a practical matter, I don’t think that investors should really care about registration rights.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

We have had a number of companies that have achieved successful liquidity events, including Rentjuice ( acq. Just like any other startup, the question we are focused on post series A is whether we are doing the right things to allow us to win in a competitive market with a power-law outcome distribution. Twitter ).

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New products, new geographic territories, elimination of a competitor, increase in revenues, consolidation savings, new talent, new distribution channels, and more are good reasons for a start. Let’s list some of the many reasons your company might find to make an acquisition. Odds that an acquisition will be a success.

Acquisition 48

Acquisition Distribution Channel Operations 48

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2011

So I wrote into the final distribution instructions a surprise five figure bonus for each of the five executives. Yet there was no formal reward in place other than the employee stock ownership program (ESOP) which was set to pay all employees for their accumulated shares at the exit. Each was surprised, pleased and effusive.

Stock Options 48

Stock Options Stock Distribution Programming 48

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

There are many reasons a company finds to make an acquisition.

Acquisition 73

Acquisition Distribution Channel Revenue 73

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. He talked about a unique model where you don’t have to become liquid in venture capital and can target singles & doubles. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

Bankruptcy 403

Bankruptcy Offshore Liquidation Preference Balance Sheet 403

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

. - You can be an Independent studio or do “work for hire&# (either a revenue share or buy-out model) - If you’re an independent studio you have a set of choices for distribution channel and marketing models. - We understood none of this. More detail in future posts. This post was Twitted by altgate [.]

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Of course, for that to be true, you need to reach a liquidity event (IPO or M&A) at or above the last round valuation with no incremental dilution from new rounds. Cash distributions are what matter at the end of the day, bug big paper gains still make for good fundraising pitches.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Studying the liquidity events of Israeli firms valued over $150 million, Vintage Partners found that 81% were run by Israeli founders, while half of the remaining 19% were run by professional CEOs who were Israeli. A decade ago, the traditional model for building up Israeli companies was to hire an American CEO.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Company) a good place to find good technical co-founders? Where can I find co-founders who understand distributed systems and databases? How have non-technical founders found technical co-founders? Finding Co-Founders: What are some good ways to find technical co-founders in India? Now we turn it around. For your employees?

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

free, distributed source code control management system. Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs. Pivotal Tracker â?? Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Mercurial â?? Bitbucket - free code hosting site for Mercurial. Preceden â??

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53