Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. Then let’s hope both startups can build national practices. I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Watch this space. Team Pip.io

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San Francisco Technical Review Los Angeles Software Review 254

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

4-Rise of individuals deciding to launch startups. The trend I see in our industry is a continued rise of individuals deciding to launch startups and embrace entrepreneurship. Thanks to Luke Smith, We Buy Property In Kentucky ! #4-Rise Photo Credit: Deborah Sweeney. Thanks to Eric Wu, Gainful !

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

The number of startups who raised money beyond the ‘Unicorn’ benchmark grew so dramatically before the 2022 reset that there is just simply farther to fall when many of these fail to grow into their targets, or disappear completely. Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays. Valuations.

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Portfolio Cap Table LP Valuation 98

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Well, remember the dust up a while back with the backlash against “pay to play” pitch events where startups had to pay to meet angels? Jason Calacanis came up with a solution—creating an event where angel investors and startups get to know each other in a casual environment without a cost to the entrepreneur.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Pay to play provisions are often found here which specify that an investor loses their anti dilution rights if they do not buy their pro-rata share of a new offering. ·       Voting rights. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

The new rules were designed to guarantee that no content would be blocked and to assure that the Internet can not be divided into “pay-to-play” fast lanes for the richest of companies and slow lanes for companies and organizations unable to afford the fees. Small Business and Startups: The First Ever crowdSPRING Quiz!

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Haystack

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Many of the most storied brands in venture capital made their name by being the investor of record in a specific company’s “Series A” round — largely thought of as the round after friends, after family, and more recently, after seed, where the new investor would lead the round, set terms, join the board, reserve capital, and (..)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We talked about what startup CEOs should do in these situations and how to think about these renegotiations. We spent time talking about why “pay-to-play” deals are back on the table and why these deals happen. . * Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Mr. Felix Shipkevich. He has some great advice for startups and businesses of all size. Consumers rely on search engines and pay-to-play rating sites to find legal counsel. Raising capital is an exciting stage for any startup.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 18, 2014

The free-to-play model is far more effective for monetization than a pay-to-play model. If a product or company works at both macro and the micro levels then it will likely have both soul and be playing to a big trend – i.e. it will have better than usual odds of success. Forward Startup general interest'

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. So where are we now?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Also, I had the opportunity to present my “Organic Reach is Dead: Learn to Pay to Play Like a Pro” Masterclass to a standing room only (or sold out) crowd on the main stage at the Social Media Week Los Angeles conference. This summer was a fantastic and wildly successful one for our startup.

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I’ve never been a fan of the so called ‘Free’ business mode l, and often a bigger fan of the so called ‘pay to play’ business model. It just reminds us that all startups must build something of value and then find a way to capture that value. First: Create Value. Then: Capture Value. It kinda works.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel good startups. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Not everybody agreed.

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

Getting people to buy in to your startup vision takes a thick skin, perseverance and willingness to learn. It follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Tenacity and resilience. Kerry Frank. You can do anything.

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Eric Friedman

JUNE 18, 2014

Slingshot makes you “pay-to-play” by requiring you to “sling” (slingshot?) As startups are constantly measured by either sales or engagement, this is a metric that will make Slingshot look to upend the rules of engagement of web audiences. Forced participation.

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Social Media Pay to Play Video Mobile 103

blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. The first post is about agile startup fundraising. The follow-on post is about agile startup team building. If you’ve read and liked these posts, let others know.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 31, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event , 50 diverse startups will face off before a panel of industry experts. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. Tell us about the tech/startup ecosystem in the Netherlands.

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Netherlands Startup Philadelphia Cofounder 54

ithacaVC

JUNE 28, 2011

Pay to play provisions: simply stated, pay to play provisions provide that unless existing shareholders participate in the subsequent financing unfavorable things happen to their existing stock. There are many (many many) ways to slice pay to play provisions. Here are few: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 12, 2010

Six companies and twenty angels were able to connect up without the friction and artificial scarcity created by the “pay to play” model and it was all made possible by the good folks at Joyent , Cooley , and Winter Wyman. Looking forward to doing at least two more of these in 2010!

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Venture Capital Angel Investor Pay to Play Hosting 84

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Mark Suster wrote a great post yesterday titled The Resetting of the Startup Industry. I’ve seen every imaginable type of liquidation preference structure, pay-to-play dynamic, preferred return, ratchet, share/option bonus, option repricing, and carveout. Go read it now – I’ll wait.

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Cap Table Down Round Liquidation Preference Founder 70

Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Once a startup has executed a term sheet, it has lost all of its negotiating leverage. The Investors’ Right to Walk VC Term Sheets Are Non-Binding. What Are the Key Issues for Founders? Indeed, some very pro-entrepreneur investors, like Fred Wilson , do not require no-shop provisions (see rule #4 in Fred’s post “ Competing To Win Deals ”).

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Liquidation Preference Redemption 76

Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The world is moving quickly from a pay to play – subscription model, to a ‘free and on demand’ model. With the user interface improving rapidly and many US streaming players arriving shortly (Hulu, Netflix, Startup XYZ) there is no space for the ‘monopoly like’ behaviour or pricing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

It pays to Play: How Play Improves Business Culture. Like there are so many ways to play. I mean I could go on and on and we're not gonna have time to go through it all, but I John Jantsch (19:37): Bet you there are some examples of it in it pays to play. What kind of guitar do you play?

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ithacaVC

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

It may explain why Fund Y tries to protect itself, via deal terms, from pay to play provisions that would kick in with respect to future financings.

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Bridge Financing IPO Pay to Play Finance 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” Most prefer not to say this publicly for two reasons: 1) they have an entire portfolio of startups, many of whom are raising capital and 2) they prefer not to be attacked publicly or seem “anti entrepreneur.” goes into a startup.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 27, 2011

Introduction For the past few months, I’ve been discussing the rights of VC investors in connection with preferred stock financings, including the following: liquidation preferences anti-dilution provisions dividends Board control protective provisions drag-along provisions pay-to-play and pull-up provisions conversion rights redemption rights All (..)

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 14, 2011

” It may require a pay to play round that forced non-participants to convert to common (thereby lowering the aggregate LP) as an example. Bottom line: we weary of building up too much aggregate LP. Things can get very ugly quickly.

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Liquidation Preference LP Preferred Stock Liquidity Event 49

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

That’s how it feels when your hot deal from two years ago winds up running low on cash and gets into a pay-to-play round that wipes out the cap table. You're asked to participate in lectures and events at top tier academic institutions known for entrepreneurship and startups. But I thought I was good!?” You have outcomes.

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A Crowded Space

MAY 31, 2016

We expect there to be an increase in down rounds, flat rounds, inside rounds and various pay-to-play scenarios. While these are painful outcomes for everyone, it’s a necessary part of the startup ecosystem. But, this year we’ve seen the greed of the last several years switch to fear. These companies shut down.

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Cram Down Pay to Play Angel Investor Warrant 60

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

When you’re in the early stages of your startup, it can be difficult to find funds or validate spending money on marketing and advertising or to even find the time to plan out your organic marketing strategies. Rather, organic marketing means you’re not paying to enhance the specific post itself. . Image Source: [link]. The good news?

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

Investors and press would flock to the desert to see future hot startups unwrap their products and mature tech companies show off their latest and greatest. I'm surprised it is still around in 2013, but am sure the selectivity criteria has changed to whoever is willing to pay. 6 minutes on stage were truly a CEO's 15 minutes of fame.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Social Network SEC 28

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Founded in 2015, revenue intelligence startup Gong is now valued at $7.25 They know there’s pay-to-play stuff. They’ve grown to attract big-name clients like LinkedIn, PayPal, and Shopify, mostly through social media channels rather than organic search. They know there are affiliate links.

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