article thumbnail

Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. We are sparring partners, not “deciders.” years and he has definitely earned the trust and respect of all of his peer group of Partners at Upfront Ventures.

Partner 150
article thumbnail

Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants?

Both Sides of the Table

the economic benefits to BigCo never warrant all of the time and effort they put into getting a stake in your company and trying to make that stake worth money. So Plan B for many BigCo’s is to take “performance-based warrants.&# The following is a guide to what these are, whether to offer them and how to structure them.

Warrant 298
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Given the bank more “warrant coverage.&#. Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. A friend helped him get out of this situation and changed Matt’s life forever. The answer?

article thumbnail

Essential Princeton Real Estate Parties You Should Partner With When Purchasing A Property

YoungUpstarts

A lender will usually engage an impartial valuer to determine the amount of loan that may be warranted. The post Essential Princeton Real Estate Parties You Should Partner With When Purchasing A Property appeared first on Young Upstarts. Knowing the true value of your property is extremely important in a loan application.

Partner 147
article thumbnail

8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. That role as sparring partner can be useful if for nothing else than to test your resolve. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Sometimes we fight.

article thumbnail

Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it. Some people can skip first base My partner Greg Bettinelli has a sports metaphor that I’ve become fond of which is “skipping first base.”

article thumbnail

Here’s How to Cancel a Meeting the Right Way

Both Sides of the Table

We write that into the calendar entry so that I (and any my partners) know this and would only reschedule if extremely urgent. In this case it warrants a personal email (or better yet a phone call) from you and a Herculean effort to reschedule the meeting. The day before - This starts to get problematic. They came from New York.

Las Vegas 369