Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

When your site crashes and you get slammed by customers and in the press – you’re all in the sh*tter together. The upside for entrepreneurs is the equity in their business. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. ” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. I wanted to just write. I like writing. You can’t make everybody an SVP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. If you need money to even hire a developer [means you cannot even excite one person to put in some sweat equity – not a good sign about your ability to motivate people.].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. I suppose I should have imagined that this line would get more press than all other comments combined. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry. I believe that. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. Fair enough. That’s not true.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. Groupon raised seven series of private equity before going public. Money raised from friends and family typically come with few constraints and very simple terms.

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. Your job is to push politely until you either get a “soft no” or more engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. Marketing Muscle.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. -

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I still think it’s best to take money from Dave when you’re also partnered with a more focused, hands-on seed-stage VC who brings different things to the table – like more ability to write larger checks in a downturn (for one) or solving a deep crisis that involves super hands-on involvement.

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