fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles. In a post on his blog , Dave Parker, Co-Founder and CEO of Bundled.com and Director of the Seattle Founder Institute , explains why spiltting equity 50/50 amongst co-founders is almost never the right answer, because each co-founder will have their own expectations, commitment, and goals regarding the startup.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Currently Los Angeles is in what could be a startup renaissance or an apocalypse, dependent on how long the hype goes on. If more people like Seth step up with their qualified voice, they could help save us from or lessen the big crash coming. I’ve been harping about this a lot (too much?) for over a year: [link].

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Splitting time between Austin and Los Angeles, Amber is a whirlwind of energy and is always working on an exciting new project with some mega-brand using her latest tech. Bob invented Ethernet, founded 3Com (revenues of $5.7B), was the Editor of InfoWorld magazine, and was a venture capitalist at Polaris in Boston.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. Revenue is driven by children’s parties, which cost $600-$4,000 for a two hour party for 15 kids, which apparently is the market price for kids parties in LA.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue. There are several “club deals&# where you see the same sets of people “passing the hat&# around on deals. We know it can be done.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Before I jump in and share the secrets of how to impress angel investors, I should tell you what an angel investor is, and how they differ from venture capitalists. An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. We do home equity funds without interest or monthly payments in exchange for sharing in the future upside/downside of home values. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What that meant is that six companies a year could achieve a hundred million in revenue or a billion in valuation. That being the case, what if we surrounded our founders with other people who weren’t focused on fundraising and valuation, but focused on revenue and customers? Her revenue is up more that anyone in the group right now.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Even though they may represent a much lower lifetime value for a brand, they can represent a significant chunk of revenue over a year. Take this segment of a description for a $2000/night villa in Los Angeles from luxury rental site Luxury Retreats. Where do we draw the line? First things first: don’t discount often.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

-Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. I think a million, a million and a half to Los Angeles. We didn't want people not having their equity. So then what? 500,000 to Detroit.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

So I was delighted that he was recently in Los Angeles and I had a chance to have one of our typical private meetings but this time we did it with a camera on. And oddly it took an investor in New York to highlight to me Cornerstone OnDemand – one of the most successful software company in my home town of Los Angeles!

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. Back in 2010, we were running a digital agency in Los Angeles for premium fashion brands when they came upon the idea for NuORDER. increase not only brand share but also revenue. Photo Credit: Sebastian Ravitz.

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