Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
Given where most deals are this has historically meant NYC and San Francisco but over the years we’ve had big successes in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas and London so we’re open to just finding the best deals. Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 13, 2011
Monthly winners walk away with the cash without any catch – no equity is expected. You can check them out in New York, Boston, Tampa, Las Vegas, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The best-of-the-best will be invited to the VenCorps community for a chance at winning a further US$25,000 investment.
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 2, 2020
A few weeks later, you’re waking up freezing in a bathtub full of ice in Tijuana with a note taped to your forehead telling you to “get to the doctor fast if you want to live,” because your new friend just harvested your kidney and took equity in your new company. Nothing Ever Verifies Online.
Jeff Hilimire
MARCH 3, 2020
One of our dragons, on our 2020 company trip to Las Vegas , acknowledging his peers. Your company should stand for something more than simply increasing shareholder equity. We work so hard to make Dragon Army the best company for the world. How do you do that? I’m a planner. 13 characteristics of a great place to work.
Hippoland
DECEMBER 18, 2016
When you own such a large equity stake in your own company, you should be looking at the tradeoff of short term gains (your salary) vs. long term gains (the worth of your company and what it could be with the extra investment of cash that you are not taking as salary) I understand that you may have paid a pretty penny for your MBA.
Diego Basch
JUNE 21, 2012
I believe that Silicon Valley is like Las Vegas, except they make you pass a number of tests before they let you gamble. Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. This means that only a relatively select group gets to sit at the table.
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
When it comes to founders, Texas has jewelry mogul, Kendra Scott; Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban of Shark Tank; Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble; video game developer, John Carmack; Vista Equity Partners Founder, Robert Smith; Michael Dell of Dell Technologies; and now Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla!
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