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Kim Kardashian becomes a private equity dealmaker in collab with ex-Carlyle partner

TechCrunch LA

Kim Kardashian, who passed the “baby bar” exam in preparation to become a lawyer last year, just added another job title to her lineup — private equity investor. Sammons, who left Carlyle this summer after spending 16+ years at the top private equity firm, is known for his bets on brands including Supreme and Beats by Dre.

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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

So, the first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Now comes the reality check.

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7 Secrets To Bank Equity Funding Without Collateral

Startup Professionals Musings

The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they generally don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). Show focus and your understanding that your company is something more than just a good idea. What a banker is looking for is validation of your idea. An impressive team.

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5 Equity Crowdfunding Reflections Before You Sign Up

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of the experience so far has been cash versus the equity feature defined by the JOBS Act – Equity Crowdfunding (Title III) , introduced back in 2016 with 685 pages of rules. In equity crowdfunding, no investor is representing their own interest. These groups are now largely run by volunteers at no cost to entrepreneurs.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Startup Professionals Musings

Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology.

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StartEngine Equity Crowdfunding Workshop

SoCal Tech Calendar

Monday, February 27, 2017 -- StartEngine Equity Crowdfunding Workshop. StartEngine is organizing the first equity crowdfunding one day free workshop for companies to go live the same day. The idea of a same day go live workshop is helpful for entrepreneurs who are very busy. Contact Howard Marks, CEO at howard@startengine.com.

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