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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In bad markets, they can be wiped out by recaps and liquidation preferences unless they save enough reserves to protect their positions.

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Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School?

Up and Running

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. C Corp versus LLC, non-competes, liquidation preferences, preferred versus common stock, and so on).

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. where your stock sits in the liquidity preference stack. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. management.

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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet

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Connect with HU via email at CONNECT@HarrisburgU.edu to learn more about HU and its entrepreneurship and mentoring programs, too. The Lab manages the shared operational needs of its member organizations, allowing them to better focus on mission and execution.

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Cap Tables Explained: Guide to Understanding Cap Tables

Board Effect

Cap tables list a company’s authorized and outstanding shares, the parties to which those shares have been assigned, and the various metrics relevant to managing them. Such metrics can include an investor’s liquidation preference, option exercise windows and expiry dates, and shareholders’ fully diluted ownership percentages.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

1M/1M Program has a bold mission. I had an opportunity to catchup with Sramana and we talked about the program. Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity.

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How I Pitched My Business and Raised $2.3 Million in VC Funding

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My partner and I sold the company in 2012, right when mainstream companies at both the SMB and enterprise level were starting to adopt cloud-based SaaS solutions. See Also: How to Learn Programming and Launch Your App in 3 Months—with No Programming Experience. Experience and ambition make a good team.