Equity Invest Pricing Writing 
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 31, 2020
I was chairman of a company that, for twelve years never took a dollar of outside investment. The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. The post Financing with grants, not equity or debt first appeared on BERKONOMICS.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. of the fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
I recently wrote about my views that startups rounds should be priced. Fred, who also wrote his views about convertible debt (significantly more succinctly than I) believes that the price of a single round should be the same for everybody. The trouble is, nobody has an incentive to agree to write the first check.
TechCrunch LA
JULY 19, 2022
The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. The equity will go toward hiring more talent to join Ghost’s 25-person team.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.
Berkonomics
MAY 8, 2014
I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. First, here’s a link to my recent TEDx talk, “Smiling at success; laughing at failure.”
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2015
Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. This is at least double the time required for most equity investments, and may be a delay you can’t afford in keeping up with the market and your competitors.
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