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[Interview] Jonmichael Moy, Silicon Valley Veteran On Leading Digital Products To Market

YoungUpstarts

Jonmichael Moy (Jon Michael Moy) may be a seasoned veteran of Silicon Valley, but this accomplished, dedicated technology executive with more than seventeen years of experience in management and operations, product and business development and marketing has now brought his talents to Toronto. And what are significant points of overlap?

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Building A Tech Startup: Avoiding Silicon Valley Mishaps

YoungUpstarts

Worse yet, your fundraising history might actively work against you if you opened the floodgates too soon or handed out too much stock in return for small investments. Confer with a corporate strategies expert and beware financiers hovering over your shoulder with small investment offerings for an inordinate amount of stock.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Advisory Board members are often paid in a balance of equity (stock options) and cash (“cash” is the industry term for money wired to your bank account). If you join a big company, assuming it’s public, you’ll get stock which immediately can translate into financial gains assuming the company performs well.

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Breyer Capital Austin?—?End of Year Update

Austin Startup

I also couldn’t be happier that friends from Silicon Valley like Joe Lonsdale, Drew Houston, and Elon Musk have also moved here. While obviously bullish on Austin, Breyer Capital remains excited to invest in and support current and future Silicon Valley portfolio companies.

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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. The result is mass layoffs (over 119,000 in the US since the beginning of 2023 and it’s only Feb), down rounds (even for Silicon Valley darlings like Stripe) and fund terms that go above the 2/20 standard.

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We Don’t Talk Enough About Money In Silicon Valley. No, Really.

Hunter Walker

We don’t really talk about money in Silicon Valley. We *speculate* about people and wealth a s**t-ton – based upon a company’s last fundraise, based upon current stock price, based on the market price of BTC – but we don’t really talk our own situations, challenges, learnings.

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How To Test The Startup Lifestyle Before You Commit

Startup Professionals Musings

Founders stock, and stock options, will be worth nothing for the first several years, if not forever. So here is a rational hedge strategy I recommend, and see playing out every day in Silicon Valley and other startup hubs. Who gets stock options, and how many? How much money has been invested so far?