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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

This era was dominated by a ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) of the federal reserve and easy money in search of high yields and encouraging growth at all costs. In the past 7 years we built cultures of quick money, instant wealth and valuations for valuations sake. The tide has gone out.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What They Do: Travel search engine. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Search Statistics: 2010 Queries: 634 million. Series A-1 Preferred. Founding Date: 2004.

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What Founders Need to Know: You Were Funded for a Liquidity Event – Start Looking

Steve Blank

As the company goes from searching for a business model to growth , only then will they bring in a new “professional” management team to scale the company (along with a business development executive to search for an acquirer) or prepare for an IPO. Therefore, founders, you need to be planning your exit the day you get funded.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. 4 Surprising SEM Stats Every E-Commerce Marketer Should Know | Search Engine Land – crowdspring.co/1kD9ZHH. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. 1eklyfu.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » The 3X Liquidation Preference Is Back!

Altgate

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Holiday Cards Year End Management Changes → The 3X Liquidation Preference Is Back! Let’s recap how expensive a 3x liquidation preference really is. Bookmark the permalink.

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VC Rights: Up, Down, And Know What The Fuck Is Going On

Feld Thoughts

Down: Liquidation preference. I searched his blog (using Lijit and the term pro-rata ) and quickly found a great post titled The Three Terms You Must Have In A Venture Investment. Up: Pro-rata rights. When things are going well (up) a VC wants the ability to continue to invest money to maintain their ownership.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.