Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Money management is a very odd business because what we are assessed on is, to borrow a phrase, “judgment.” On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

In a lot of startups (especially good ones) the founder/CEO/leader is a customer-oriented sales person. And in businesses that are not on a "harvest path," this system, (combined with a constantly updated market map) should work well for a long time, potentially providing a lot of positive cash flow for the company and its owners.

Harvest 60

Harvest LBO Investment Bankers Wisconsin 60

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

What if you have a real physical store, customer comes in the door, puts all kinds of things in that shopping cart, walks around, and somehow, before they get to the cash register, the customer leaves, but they put things in the cart. In a real brick and mortar store, that wouldn’t happen. There’s other competitors.

Metrics 84

Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy!

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.”

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

Many capable founders aren’t developers, and I frequently meet with entrepreneurs that have taken a very different path. Development shops who work for $100+/hour and take no equity are poor partners in a startup. You probably aren’t the best person to hire and manage a developer. But all that is for another post.

Hiring 40

Hiring Technical Review Agile Software Review 40

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. « Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.”

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. Printed from: [.]

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Scoping the prpject down to something manageable is really hard. For #3, Id add one thing: Create a flow chart of all the site pages and show how they connect (if/then paths), even if its not perfect, the flow chart really helps programmers understand what you want. check their references to get them into the right category.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. They are particularly valued by people living paycheck to paycheck, who often benefit from greater insights into where their cash is going. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. trillion. . Are you politically active?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60