Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

And they’ve invested their time and trust in you. Failing fast is to disrespect the very customers who placed their trust in you. Remember that legally the order of payments (I’m not a lawyer, double check with a bankruptcy lawyer) is employees, creditors, equity holders. They’re relying on us. This is wrong.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see? Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”. equity debate. What’s going to happen in the future?' We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can't find anyone to invest in them. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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