Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series A-1 Preferred. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. Series B Preferred. Series B-1 Preferred.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
It’s a very personal topic and I’d like to offer you a framework to decide for yourself, based on the following factors: How Long is it Taking to Raise Capital at Your Stage in the Market? Go hard and hope that the market will validate your innovation even if the price may be higher than the market may want to bear.
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The Equity Kicker
JUNE 28, 2013
Otherwise the investors won’t make the multiple on their investment that they want and after liquidation preferences are paid the amount left for the entrepreneur may well also be disappointing. Company exits for £20m having raised £15m for 50% of the company in a 1x liquidation preference – the investor gets £17.5m
Up and Running
AUGUST 17, 2015
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).
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. You need to know how liquidations preferences work. Most lawyers that work with startups are willing to work on a deferred payment schedule. They want to lock in future clients at an early stage.
Up and Running
MAY 21, 2015
By contrast, if your investor is getting preferred shares, the investor is probably exercising a disproportionate level of control and taking a larger share of revenue than you might otherwise think if you were just comparing the number of shares each party owned. Liquidation preference.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
So while the infrastructure cost and startup costs may have declined, the operating costs have increased. So I mostly kept my opinion within a small closed group and let my LPs know that K9’s strategy was to *not* change our strategy despite the pressures of the market. Impact of Public Markets. link] pic.twitter.com/XdQXNlIOZq.
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