View from Seed
MAY 19, 2015
Even if VC financing has been raised, extravagant and wasteful spending by a few founders or company leadership sets the tone for the entire organization. Taciturnity. Rapid progress and constant adjustment in a new endeavor requires continuous communication of these changes. . –
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
You’ll quickly be drawn into the governance of the organization and introduced into the process of discovery, coaching, leading deals, herding investors, serving on boards and helping entrepreneurs toward liquidity events. Non-profit boards and volunteering.
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Pascal's View
MARCH 12, 2010
Compounding the complexity is the fact that most VC-backed companies replace their CEOs twice between the founding and the liquidity event. The VCs want capital efficiency, which means they want management to do more with less. Share and Enjoy:
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 6, 2022
The best known ones, like YCombinator , started by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which can make your investment less risky. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
The best known ones, like YCombinator , started by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which can make your investment less risky. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 29, 2017
With annual healthcare expenditures for conditions that either have an underlying cellular degeneration or damage component, now surpassing $7 trillion globally, Bioquark’s platform makes the company an attractive candidate for high-value strategic transactions and liquidity events for investors. Thanks to Ira S.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
The best known ones, like YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which can make your investment less risky. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.
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