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 own the IP you create. You’re a small fish. This team is talented.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Dapper currently partners with Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and following the acquisition its development center in Ramat Gan will become Yahoo’s development center in Israel.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2019

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. Christopher founded two companies, Crestridge Investments and Third Wave Partners. A lot of the time they ended up producing more excuses than results.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Startup Private Equity Equity 127

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

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'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative. Here is my conversation with Robert Rhinehart.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

BHAG is one day be able to truly focus on what is ahead and its achievability and aim to change my goals always to stay relevant to my customers, employees, market, partners, investors and the society. 8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. It is their GOALS, expectation and desires that will drive success.

Papua New Guinea 64

Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 64

blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Most partners, be they lawyers or VCs, tend to tweak the standard with their own language. It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. Those related to other matters: IP assignment, invention disclosure, non-solicitation, non-competition, termination, etc.

Founder 44

Founder Vesting Agile Startup 44

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

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Initial developer: partner or hired?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold. cthomaschase i was not, however my partner jeff did a session and there were a bunch of people from the team there. That’s a nice way of putting it. You can read more about this on Josh Kopelman’s post. cthomaschase great post.

Valuation 42

Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42