David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. engineers, designers, business developers).
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Mark Jeffrey - Q: “Is it more traditional to do your ESOP (employee stock option plan) before or after your angel or Series A funding?&#
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Technology Cycles Measured in Years. This seems to be occurring more and more.
www.mattbartus.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. First, you’d probably want them to receive common stock, not preferred stock (which is the likely next round). link] Casey Allen. Matt: Fantastic posts.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. Here’s why. Why would they do that?
Startup Company Lawyer
MARCH 12, 2009
C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock.
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