www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. IP Location Tools. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. In the old days there usually weren’t convertible notes on early-stage deals and there weren’t party rounds with 20 angels or 6 seed funds. It’s very simple.

Pre-Money Valuation 150

Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Post-Money Valuation Dilution 150

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Early stage startups have to survive one day at a time and are often presented with limited choices of the moment that enable them to continue. At early stages you probably don’t have an assembly line and can’t clearly define any particular job. But, later on they often wish they had the ability to erase many of them.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2019

But early-stage startup founders can’t think this way, because when immediate goals are unrealistic or unachievable, a startup is bound to crash and burn. Sure, IP and patents are the marks of a company with great value—but that’s only true when they’re associated with the right people. This isn’t something we talk about enough.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Startup Private Equity Equity 127

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. There are a bunch of ways to offer cheaper pricing to people who commit early without notes. But lawyers will charge much more for equity.”

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Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Michael is a very accomplished corporate executive in his own right having run Sega Gameworks and helped IPO EuroDisney as well as having been on the founding team of DreamWorks SKG (where he helped them raise their first $900 million in equity). Venture Financing. We discussed: 1. We also discussed the following deals of the week.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay. For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance. I think there's also a reflexive skepticism of bringing in concepts frankly from finance.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 11, 2015

They’ll want to know what’s unique about your IP and … Continue reading → In terms of investing criteria, they also want to get a read on the quality of your management team including: backgrounds, domain expertise, track record, and how cohesive you are.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor IP Early Stage Finance 28

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. To keep the equity we out-sourced.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

It hardly deserves any attention at all in the early stages. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold. For some closing thoughts, I’ll just add that: Valuation tends to be too much of a focus for most early stage companies.

Valuation 42

Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

My way of explaining our support and service role to the marketing department was that: Sales is the sharp end of the stick, and marketing at best, is the stick. But while the sales team works for commission, the rest of the employees have equity (stock) in the company. It varies by company and changes over time. military.

Silicon Valley 132

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Other sources of capital. How does that usually work?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44