Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Being tenacious without the mental flexibility to pivot based on market feedback is a disaster. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. I finally called bullshit. It was May.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

There are two main forms of exits for startups: trade sale/M&A or IPO. Both employees and investors typically have a 6 month lock up period (exceptions apply of course) so this can have devastating effects on liquidity and retruns. Plenty of fresh powder in the market across stages. SPACs have backfired.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

From first hand experience, we certainly felt the market conditions and the funding process was much more difficult than anticipated. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process.

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