philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). Someone in my network forwarded an email to me from a recruiting firm that is quite active in the Valley.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

If you have more questions, email us at ask@venturehacks.com. Advisor compensation Whether you’re hiring a normal advisor or super advisor: Advisory shares are usually issued as common stock options. A naive entrepreneur hires the wrong business advisor and a major new investor asks the entrepreneur to clean up the dead wood.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence.

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